Brunel House

It's quite grand. We've seen Brunel House from the other side of the road before. It's student accommodation, as is about every other building around here.

One thing I found out later1: This grand frontage was originally built for Brunel as the Great Western Hotel, but later became Bartholomew's Turkish Baths, at a time when Turkish baths were becoming increasingly popular in Britain.


1 By a very odd coincidence, I was reading The Rosicrucian Seer, letters of British occultist Frederick Hockley, in one of the fascinating Roots of the Golden Dawn series of books, and came across this paragraph, which made me wonder where the baths had been, and it was only after that that I realised I'd already taken a photo of them!

On the 8th July next I anticipate having my visit to Northumberland on business-for 3 weeks-an entire relaxa- tion in a bracing atmosphere-after that if I take my holidays at all, ofwhich I am rather doubtful, I shall stay at the Baths on the Green opposite the Cathedral-Bristol-and then I shall be able to have an occasional gossip with you.

From wander: Man on a Mission
Taken: Sat 17 April 2021 10:38
Rating: ★★★

GPS Coordinates: 51.45259, -2.60294
Location: Canon's Marsh

Brunel House
It's quite grand. We've seen Brunel House from the other side of the road before. It's student accommodation, as is about every other building arou...