THE

TURKISH BATH:

ITS

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION;

WITH

CHAPTERS ON THE ADAPTATION OF THE BATH TO
THE PRIVATE HOUSE, THE INSTITUTION,
AND THE TRAINING STABLE.

BY

ROBERT OWEN ALLSOP,

ARCHITECT.

ILLUSTRATED WITH PLANS AND SECTIONS

From Scale Drawings by the Author.

E. & F. N. SPON, 125, STRAND, LONDON.
NEW YORK: 12, CORTLANDT STREET.
1890

PREFACE.

The present work originally appeared in the form of a series of illustrated articles in the columns of the Building News. It has been carefully revised and enlarged with the addition of much new matter. The object of the author in publishing the work in its present form is to provide, in addition to a text-book for the architect, a treatise which shall enable the public to form their own judgment as to the relative merits of the baths that compete for their patronage. The principles, herein enunciated, upon which good baths should be built, will be easily grasped by the ordinary reader; and the detailed plans and instructions will, it is hoped, supply such information as will enable the designer of baths to cope with the exigencies of any and every case with which he may be confronted.

37, Norfolk Street,
Strand, London.
March 1890.

CONTENTS.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.