14. The Baths in Durham City, Durham, England
Place: Durham, United Kingdom
Year: 1932
Price: Not given
Baths and washhouses used to be commonplace across England (and America, too). Founded in Durham, England, in 1932, the Durham City Baths and Washhouses were built to replace an outdated pool with a peat floor that had become a muddy swamp.
Durham, England’s Durham City Baths @samstoker1/Instagram
The Durham Baths were remarkable because they had a pool big enough to host world-class swimming events. The drying rooms were heated by the pool’s heat, and women would wash and dry peoples’ garments in exchange for money. The Baths are now deserted; they were open until 2008. Despite initial plans to develop them into housing complexes, such plans were abandoned.
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