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Location:
Half way up Abbey Street, on the right
hand side.
Historical Information:
Built in 1733 by Dr William Chauncey around a
mineral spring. He built a handsome cold bath, changing rooms, a rest
room and a pleasure walks
at considerable expense.
Unfortunately, Chauncey died three
years later and the plan to compete with Buxton never
really took off. Later it became a private
residence, before in 1832 being established as a
inn. The inn was refurbished and opened out in
the 1980s, and again at the start of the present
century further improvements were carried out.
Curiosities: Traces of Chauncey's
baths still remain and a survey in 2001, found
what appeared to be a sunken bath that
suggested the system was based on Roman Baths.
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