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The Cold Bath at Piercefield is a post-medieval bath house located in Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under reference MM281. The structure dates from the eighteenth or nineteenth century, reflecting the period when cold water bathing was advocated for health and therapeutic purposes within British leisure culture. The bath house represents the material expression of Georgian and early Victorian wellness practices, when such facilities were constructed on estates to serve visitors and residents seeking the purported medicinal benefits of cold immersion. The monument survives as evidence of the changing attitudes towards health, leisure and landscape design that characterised the post-medieval period in Wales.
The Cold Bath: Piercefield is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MM281. View the official record →
The Cold Bath at Piercefield is a post-medieval bath house located in Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under reference MM281. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MM281.
The Cold Bath: Piercefield dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a bath house. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
The Cold Bath: Piercefield is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is MM281.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Crick Moated Site (7.4 km), Crick Medieval House (7.4 km), Crick Round Barrow (7.7 km).
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