Monument record 1160/0/584 - Public baths, Cattle Market Road

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Summary

Public baths built in the late 19th century by Phipps Breweries using waste hot water from the brewery. Demolished between 1925 and 1938.

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

{1-2} The baths are depicted on the 1885 map and on all editions until the 1938 map, by which time this block had been largely cleared.

{3} In 1876 Phipps Breweries opened public baths using waste hot water from the brewery. Initially planned just for the workers use, they were eventually given to the town.


<1> Ordnance Survey Map (Scale/date), 1:500/1885 (Surveyed 1884) (Map). SNN112944.

<2> Ordnance Survey Map (Scale/date), 1:25"/1938 (Map). SNN112944.

<3> Brown M.; Willmott B., 1998, Brewed In Northants: A Directory Of Northamptonshire Brewers 1450-1998, p. 63 (Directory). SNN100669.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey Map (Scale/date). 1:500/1885 (Surveyed 1884).
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey Map (Scale/date). 1:25"/1938.
  • <3> Directory: Brown M.; Willmott B.. 1998. Brewed In Northants: A Directory Of Northamptonshire Brewers 1450-1998. Brewery History Society. p. 63.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7547 5988 (28m by 16m)
Civil Parish NORTHAMPTON
Unitary Authority West Northamptonshire

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Dec 9 2025 4:45PM

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