Bath Lane

The street is named after Newcastle's earliest baths, built in 1781, at this location. The baths took water from Skinner Burn (now one of the city's 'hidden' streams) and included medicated vapour baths, enclosed cold baths, and an open swimming pool. The water supply was disrupted when a mine shaft was sunk nearby, leading to parts of the baths being closed down in the 1820s. They were demolished by 1860.

The most preserved parts of the Town Wall run parallel to Bath Lane, including Herber Tower and Durham Tower. See my photos of The Town Walls Here

Description courtesy of Sitelines and Co-Curate.



March 2019



House of Recovery, Warden's Close, Bath Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne. March 2019


House of Recovery, Warden's Close, Bath Lane.
Built in 1804 as a Fever Hospital just outside the Town Walls to treat sufferers of Typhus, Small Pox and Cholera afflicting the poor of the Town. The hospital closed in 1888 when Walkergate Hospital was opened. Restored in 1988 for the North of England Museum Service.


Part of Newcastle's town walls on Bath Lane

A path seperates the Town Walls from Bath Lane




The Town Walls on Bath Lane.





Former C.W.S. Printing Works.
On the corner of Rutherford Street is the former Co-operative Wholesale Society Printing works. Circa 1890 by F. W. Rich. Listed Grade 2.





Rutherford House.



Temple Buildings.









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