Click on the images on the right of this page to enjoy three different 360 degree virtual tours of the Royal Pump Rooms.
The salt springs of Leamington Spa were discovered in the Middle Ages, but it was not until 1784 that baths were built to make an attraction out of the natural resource.
听| 听 |  | Click on the image above for a virtual tour of the Turkish bath area
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The number of visitors to Leamington was so great that in 1814 a new large building - the Royal Pump Room and Baths we know today - was designed and built by CS Smith of Warwick.
The Pump Room gardens were originally planted for the exclusive use of the Pump Room visitors but in 1875 they were opened to the public.
The baths paid handsome profits in their early days but by 1848 fashions had moved on and the Pump Rooms were put up for sale. In 1862 extensive reconstruction work was done and a Turkish Bath and swimming pool were added.
听| 听 |  | Click on the image above to explore the fine Assembly Rooms
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Physiotherapy and hydrotherapy treatments continued at the Pump Rooms throughout the century, but by the 1990s after two world wars and declining fortunes, Warwick District Council, in collaboration with Warwickshire County Council, produced proposals to use the building as a cultural and tourist attraction.
Leamington's Art Gallery, museum, library and Tourist Information Centre were moved to the Pump Rooms, the Assembly Rooms were refurbished and a new caf茅 was installed.
听| 听 |  | Click on the image above to see the local history gallery in the pump rooms
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The new building opened to the public in Summer 1999, safeguarding the future of the historic Pump Rooms for the 21st century. Now, bringing the project right up-to-date, you can tour key parts of the building from the internet.
Just click on the pictures on this page to enjoy 360 degree tours inside the building.
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