A dilapidated Victorian bath house has been converted into an incredible four-bedroom family home with a bowling alley and home cinema and is on the market for £1.5million.
The Bath House in St Leonards, East Sussex, had fallen into disrepair after a long history of public use. Opened in 1875 it was only open to the public for six years before it was bought by Uplands Girls’ School and used as a saltwater swimming pool for their students.
It was later re-opened as a community hall that doubled up as an emergency church during the war. Towards the end of the twentieth century it became a glass factory but was finally left derelict in the early 2000s.
After a dramatic restoration it now boasts four bedrooms, a home cinema, bowling alley, three bathrooms, a first-floor mezzanine and a basketball hoop.
The wooden beams of the old baths have been maintained and the period features restored to make sure the next residents are reminded of the property’s unique past.
With quirky artwork and bespoke furnishings, the house has a retro feel mixed with a carnival vibe and is sure to provide its new lucky owners with years and years of fun.
These dilapidated Victorian swimming baths in St Leonards, East Sussex, opened in 1875, were left derelict but have now been transformed into a stunning four-bedroom family home complete with a bowling alley and a cinema
The building, in quaint St Leonards, East Sussex, was only used as a public baths for six years before it was purchased and extended by Uplands Girl’s school to house a saltwater swimming pool until the 1920s when it became a community hall, then a church and finally a glass factory into the late 1990s. In 2019 it is on the market for £1.5million. Exterior pictured
A picture of the property from its days as a public baths in the late 1800s shows how much work has gone into transforming the building into a state-of-the-art four-bedroom family home. It is now up for sale for £1.5million
The master bedroom is pictured with a roll-top bath and king-sized bed. There are roof windows to bring in natural light
The cinema room comes with a huge sofa for up to a half a dozen people and a projector to screen films. It is entered through a ship-style door on the lower ground floor. It could be used as a bedroom but the current owners have made it into a cinema
The cinema boasts its own ‘Box Office’ with a ‘now showing’ billboard above. The cinema has room for at least six people
The bowling alley is located on the ground floor and boasts a retro arcade feel. The alley runs for nearly the entire length of the ground floor and will provide endless fun for the lucky family who moves in next
The kitchen area has been designed to fit in with the retro feel of the rest of the house with wooden cabinets and steel shelves
From the kitchen area (pictured below), an iron spiral staircase ascends to a first-floor mezzanine (above). It looks down on the bright colours of the ground floor and provides a relaxing space set apart from the fun and games downstairs
There are three bathrooms inside the building, complete with lavish hard furnishings that hark back to its public bath origins. Patterned tiles and old-school sinks compliment the copper roll-top bath that stands alone in the middle of the room
Upstairs the carnival vibe continues with bright colours and quirky artwork. Two chandeliers beam down on the space
Image shows a corner of the carnival-themed upstairs filled with lavish, colourful soft furnishings and bespoke furniture
Another of the three bathrooms has a slightly more modern feel with black and white tiling on the floor and green on the walls
The first floor has a dining room table that has enough room for a dozen guests. There is also a living area upstairs
One of the smaller bedrooms has been furnished in line with the building’s Victorian past. The period window has been maintained with a large cross kept above the double bed
Another shot of the kitchen shows it complete with quirky wall art and retro toaster and weighing scales
A before image shows the downstairs area and iron-bar mezzanine being constructed. The old wooden panels were maintained to ensure the building’s past was still evident despite all the new features
The lower ground floor is pictured during the construction phase. It was turned into the cinema and utility room
The roof area had to have new wooden beams installed to support the structure and create the luxury bedrooms upstairs
The brickwork is pictured crumbling while builders worked on reviving the property in St Leonards, East Sussex
The stairway that leads onto the first floor is pictured covered in dust and peeling paint before work started
The exterior of the Victorian swimming baths in St Leonards, East Sussex was updated to complete the restoration