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Cold Bath House

PictureCottam's Mill by W N Tollerton
(Lincoln Central Library Collection)
Cold Bath House parish was created in 1837.  It had an area of one acre and was situated at the top of the Arboretum at the junction of Lindum Terrace and Sewells Road.
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​A windmill, Cold Bath Mill, had been on the site for many years.  Robert Cottam had been the miller until his son, George, took over in the late 1830s: George probably died about 1865.  By this time windmills were becoming redundant and steam powered mills were taking over.

Henry Kirk Hebb, solicitor, clerk to the urban sanitary committee, town clerk to Lincoln Corporation for 30 years and chairman of the Lincoln and Lindsey Bank had Cold Bath House built in about 1867.  ​
PictureImage © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
The house was designed by Michael Drury, the Lincoln Architect and built by Robert Young, builder and contractor.  The location of the house perched on the cliff edge must have been very impressive. There was a room in the house designed to entertain the entire City County.  A spring ran the cellar, possibly the reason for the name of the area.
​

Hebb lived at the house until his death in 1902.

Picture
Picture
The site of Cold Bath House
In 1905 Mrs Matilda Richardson lived at the house, she was the widow of William Wright Richardson, a director of Doughty, Son & Richardson Ltd.

In 1907 all the Lincoln parishes were incorporated into a single Lincoln parish, after 70 years Cold Bath House parish was relegated to the history books.  Cold Bath House was the only building in the parish and the number of residents stayed static at 5.  This 1 acre, single house parish was the smallest in Lincoln both in size and number of residents.

During the First World War the house became home to the headmaster of the Lincoln School and its boarders.
Picture, cold bath house, lincoln, ruins, bombThe bombed ruins of Cold Bath House
Lincoln Central Library
After the First World War Cold Bath House became Mrs Swan’s Nursing Home.  The nursing home continued until 2nd August 1942, when the County Hospital and the nursing home were attacked by a German bomber.  The main damage at the County Hospital was to the Nurses home, the operating theatre, the board room and the massage room but windows of two of the wards were damaged and some of the patients suffered injuries from flying glass.  Mrs Swan’s Nursing Home was almost totally destroyed, the building was demolished in 1945.

A bomb also dropped on the allotments nearby on St Anne’s Road.  It is thought the crew of the aircraft spotted the chimney at the hospital and thought it was a factory.

Unfortunately I have not located an image of the undamaged house.

PictureMap of Cold Bath House and Arboretum in 1904

Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland
The site was cleared and was a small holding until late in 1952.
The southern part of the grounds of Cold Bath House was landscaped and incorporated into the Aboretum to celebrate the Coronation of H M Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.

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​​A list of the dead and injured:
Deaths
  • Lt. Harry Sidney COLLARD, Royal Engineers.  He is buried at Newport Cemetery, Lincoln.  The Royal Engineers occupied part of the house during the Second World War.

​Injured
  • R.S.M. Fred LEGGE, Royal Engineers
  • Lt Cpl. William James PRINCE, Royal Engineers
  • Sister D.M.B. CURRY
  • Nurse WARNER, 20,
  • Miss G.M. JAMES, a masseuse
  • Nurse Myra RANDS, 20,
  • Nurse GRUNELL

Injured patients 
  • Mrs Irene HIGGINGS, 22
  • Mrs Daisy HORSFIELD, 25
  • Keith HINCH, 3 weeks.
More Lost Houses of Lincoln.
Click on name to read more
Boultham Hall     Eastcliffe House     Eastgate House     Hartsholme Hall     
Monks Manor     Monks Tower     Sibthorp House
Click to read an eyewitness account of the bombing of Cold Bath House and the County Hospital
gazebo, cold bath house, lincoln
The Former Gazebo
Cold Bath house, lincoln, spring
Location of the spring. The spring is below the dome shape. The sound of water can be heard when listening at the gate.
cold bath house, lincoln, basement
Entrance to former basement
basement, cold bath house, lincoln
A view into the basement
cold bath house, lincoln, basement, Picture
A view into the basement showing part of a wall and wooden beam
All colour images © Phil Gresham 2016, all rights reserved
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    • Lincoln in 1855
    • 1903 Horse Fair
  • PEOPLE
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      • Ellison
      • Folley to Gresham
      • Hall to Hill
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      • Pratt to Seeley
      • Shuttleworth to Watkins
      • Watkins to Woodcook
      • Wriglesworth to Wyatt
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      • 1872 Lincoln Street Directory
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      • Atton Place
      • Jews Court
      • Bracebridge Hall
        • Bracebridge Hall Club
      • Beaumont House
      • High Bridge
    • The Lost Houses of Lincoln
      • Boultham Hall
      • Cold Bath House
      • Eastcliffe House
      • Eastgate House
      • Hartsholme Hall
      • Monks Manor
      • Monks Tower
      • Sibthorp House
      • The Old House on Corporation Street
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      • Around Lincoln
    • Religious Buildings
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        • St Benedict and Old Kate
        • St Peter at Arches and St Giles Church
        • Lincoln Churches at the Reformation
      • The Close
      • The Priories & Friaries
      • The Malandry
      • Greestone Stairs
    • Entertainment
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      • Pub, Inns, Hotels of Lincoln
        • The Dolphins
      • Horse Racing
      • Usher Gallery & Temple Gardens.
    • Other Buildings
      • Half Timbered Lincoln
      • Lincoln Castle
      • Lincoln's Gates
      • Lincoln Lunatic Asylum
      • The Bridge of Sighs
      • The Stonebow & Guildhall
    • Open Spaces
      • The Arboretum
      • The South Common
      • Boultham Park
      • Hartsholme Country Park
      • Steep Hill
      • Witham Valley Country Park
      • The Hidden Necropolis
    • Buildings of Local Importance
    • Lincoln's Listed Buildings
  • COMPANIES
    • Akrill to Penney
      • Akrill, Ruddock & Keyworth
      • Charles Duckering Ltd
      • Clarkes Crank & Forge
      • Clayton, Shuttleworth & Co
      • Doughty, Son & Richardson Ltd
      • F P Watson
      • H Newsum & Sons Ltd
      • Henry Poppleton & Sons
      • James Dawson & Son Ltd
      • John Cooke & Son (Lincoln) Limited
      • Lincoln Gas, Light and Coke Co
      • Mawer & Collingham
      • Penney & Co
    • Penney Porter to W Rainforth
      • Penney & Porter (1932) Ltd
      • JTB Porter & Co
      • R M Wright & Co Ltd
      • Robey
      • Ruston, Proctor & Co
      • Ruston & Hornsby Ltd
      • W Foster & Co
      • W Rainforth & Sons Ltd
      • More Companies
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      • 1885 Adverts
      • 1901 Adverts
      • 1919 Adverts
      • 1941 Adverts
  • TRANSPORT
    • Foss Dyke
    • Mail Coach to London
    • The Horse Trams
    • The Electric Trams
  • WHAT THEY SAY
    • Quotes From the Famous
    • An American Tourists Perspective
    • Nathaniel Hawthorne
    • City of My Dreams
  • USEFUL LINKS
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  • MAPS, IMAGES & VIDEOS
    • Photo Galleries
      • Greyfriars
      • Some Less Notable Buildings
      • More Less Notable Buildings
      • Look Up, Look Down, Look Around
    • A High Street Journey
    • A Journey Around Brayford Pool
    • Old Images of Lincoln
      • High Street, High Bridge and Stonebow
      • Lincoln's Waterside
      • Brayford
      • High Street - St Benedicts Square to St Mary Street
      • Steep Hill & Strait
      • Broadgate
      • The Bail
      • Lincoln Cathedral
      • Waterside - Stamp End
      • Silver Street
    • Lincoln Videos
    • Maps
      • Map Of Roman Lincoln
      • Lincoln in 12th c
      • Map of the Battle of Lincoln
      • Lincoln Map 1722
      • Lincoln Map 1779
      • Lincoln Map 1882
      • LIncoln Map 1898
      • Lincoln Map Early 20th Century
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