Bathing House At Pentillie Quay And Quay

The bathing house at Pentillie Quay, built around 1850, incorporates features from the 17th century. It is constructed from slatestone rubble with granite dressings and has a tiled roof featuring scalloped banding, crested ridge tiles, and gable ends topped with spike finials. A rear lateral stack serves the building. The quay itself is made of slatestone rubble.

This single-storey bathing house has a rectangular plan and is situated on a quay that extends into the river. The main room is heated from the rear stack. The exterior presents a symmetrical front with a central gabled porch supported by plain chamfered granite piers. The porch features an inner granite doorway with a 4-centred arch, which is chamfered and stopped, and has a studded door. On either side of the porch are small 2-light granite windows with casements, and above them is a gabled dormer. All gables are adorned with spike finials.

The left gable end has a 3-light granite window with diamond leaded lights and chamfered granite mullions, while the right gable end features a large 4-light window with chamfered granite mullions and leaded lights, along with external sliding shutters. There is also a small single light window with a triangular head in the gable. The rear of the building has an external stack with a brick shaft.

Inside, the bathing house has a 5-bay roof supported by principal rafters, collars, and braces, with trefoils in the spandrels. The interior includes a wooden frieze with quatrefoils and dado panelling, as well as a granite fireplace with a flat arch and roll moulding. The quay has a rectangular plan and is characterized by battered slatestone rubble walls.