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John Penn's Bath

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John Penn's Bath is a historic 18th-century bathhouse built by John Penn, a prominent landowner and politician in Dorset, and is considered one of the earliest examples of a private bathhouse in the region, reflecting the growing interest in health and leisure during the Georgian period. It is important as a rare surviving structure linked to the early development of spa culture in England.

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