Westminster Public Baths and Wash-Houses plaque

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# Westminster Public Baths and Wash-Houses Standing on Great Smith Street and gazing up at this Victorian facade, you're witnessing the legacy of a revolutionary public health initiative that transformed the lives of Westminster's poorest residents. When the parishes of St Margaret and St John the ...

Location

Great Smith Street

Inscription

Westminster Public Baths and Wash-Houses. The United parishes of St Margaret and St John the Evangelist adopted the Act of 1845 on the 8th Jan 1847 and purchased this freehold site and erected the former building thereon these baths and wash-houses were rebuilt A.D. 1892 upon an enlarged site.