Introduction
Dorton Spa has the standing remains of an early-18th-century ornate pump rooms and baths built on the site of a chalybeate (iron bearing) spring.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Access contact details
Open ground in woods
Directions
The site is 1km east of Brill. It is only accessible by footpath.
- Features & Designations
Features
- Bath House
- Pump Room (featured building)
- Description: The pump room was designed in 1834 and all related buildings had a Grecian style.
- Earliest Date:
- Latest Date:
- Key Information
Type
Spinney
Purpose
Conservation
Principal Building
Pump Rooms
Survival
Part: standing remains
Hectares
4.8
Civil Parish
Dorton
- References
References
- Page, William, {'Parishes : Dorton', The Victoria History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 4} (London: St. Catherine Press, 1927), pp. 45-48 Victoria County History: Buckingham, Volume 4
- Pevsner, Nikolaus {Buckinghamshire (Pevsner - The Buildings of England)} (London: Penguin, 1994) Victoria County History: Buckingham, Volume 4