A place in London
Nevill's Turkish Baths
As it was then: much has changed since.
c. 1890sNevill's Turkish Baths25 Northumberland AvenueThe Turkish baths at No. 25 Northumberland Avenue, of which Holmes and Watson were fond. They opened in 1884 and closed in 1948; round the corner in Craven Passage, the blocked-up door of the women's baths keeps its horseshoe arches and tiles.
Both Holmes and I had a weakness for the Turkish Bath. It was over a smoke in the pleasant lassitude of the drying-room that I have found him less reticent and more human than anywhere else.
Visiting today
The baths are gone from Northumberland Avenue, but the tiled door of the women's baths survives a few steps away in Craven Passage. Nearest stations: Charing Cross and Embankment.
