This is a slightly different theme to my others. There is no house to download here; rather this theme is devoted to a particular style of bathroom / bathing which you could adopt to any of your houses. I have shown the items in situ in the game to show the sort of thing which can be done either within your sim home or in a separate outbuilding on your lot. The images of ceramic tiles were photographed by me in various situations, and brought together to evoke the Victorian ceramic style. I will be doing some of these objects in three styles - the Victorian Gentleman's Bath, the Victorian Ladies' Bath and the Municipal Baths. All of these objects can be used by any sim, I have just decorated them in styles appropriate to the Gentleman's and Ladies' rooms of the time period.
The Victorian trend for philanthropic public building and growing obsession with hygiene led to the establishment of public "Turkish" baths, many in London and some in the provinces. Named for the stories of overseas travellers encountering the traditional Hammams of Turkey, these were highly and exotically decorated and new developments in the manufacture of ceramics and glazed brickwork coincided well with this trend. Some glazing manufacturers were known to provide their wares at a lower cost in order to "showcase" their designs to the more fashionable and wealthy bathers; in a day when advertising was still in its infancy, this was a novelty and was often met with some degree of success. Over six hundred Turkish baths have so far been identified as once having existed in the British Isles, but these days less than twenty remain, and of this still diminishing number it is believed that less than half were built during Queen Victoria's reign. However, one or two still perform their original function as public baths, and many of the architectural features still remain, although somewhat worn and shabby at times.
The origins of the Victorian Turkish bath are surprisingly not Turkish; it was actually more like a re-invention of the Roman bath. It is the dryness of the air which distinguishes the Victorian Turkish bath from other related types - the vapour bath, the Russian steam bath, the Finnish sauna (in which water is periodically ladled on to the stove / heat source so as to dampen an otherwise dry atmosphere) and from the Turkish baths and hammams which are still to be found in Turkey today. The Victorian Turkish bath starts with the bather sweating freely in a room which is heated by a continuous flow of hot dry air (or in two or three such rooms at progressively higher temperatures), followed by a full body wash (sometimes preceded by a cold plunge), then by a massage, and finally by a period of relaxation in a cooling-room.
In Victorian England, it was generally believed that hot humid or moist air was not good for the system and encouraged disease. In the light of today's medical knowledge, it is perhaps hard to understand the beliefs of a time when the invisible world of bacteria, virii and germs was only just being discovered, but it was widely assumed that one could become ill or become cured by "taking the air" of a different environment. This belief may well have come from overseas travellers to hot, humid countries who, after falling ill with malaria or other insect-borne diseases unknown in Great Britain & not understanding the true origin of the disease blamed instead the obvious difference in ambient weather conditions.
Most of what we now call "networking" by the "movers and shakers" of the day was done inside the more exclusive Turkish baths, and many Gentleman's Clubs built their own private Turkish baths for this express purpose. Indeed, they were often used as unofficial meeting places for the "great and the good" of society to discuss topics in a frank and open off the record way, and many important matters of state or business were often fully discussed & finalised by the grandees within the walls of a Turkish bath long before going forward to any boardroom or Parliament.
The Victorian Turkish bath adds to our knowledge of many aspects of Victorian life: the working men who concerned themselves with their country's foreign policy; the wealthy philanthropists who believed in the necessity of providing public facilities for those unable to afford private ones; the mixing of different classes of society within one small & intimate environment; contemporary sanitary conditions and people's attitudes to cleanliness; the esoteric ritual of the Turkish bath; the early provision of bathing facilities for women; the lavish and exotic architecture and decoration of the buildings; the development of heaters able to raise and lower air & water to the requisite temperatures; the attitudes of the medical profession to the Turkish bath and its opposite views as either "quackery" or a place as a curative; the use of the bath in Victorian hospitals and asylums; the growing trend towards the provision of sanitary arrangements within private homes; the growing use of advertising to both trade and public; the rise of the limited liability company and the founding of the Rochdale Pioneers' Co-operative Movement baths.
The Municipal Baths Door 
Window
& Arch
The door and window will drop when played with the walls cutaway or down.
The
Municipal Baths Wall & floor
This one zip contains the heavily glazed green wall and floor. Unzip
to a temporary storage folder, and move the files ending in
Animated
fireplace
I am privileged to present animated open
fireplaces for your Turkish baths, which will not put your sims or their home
in any danger. It has cleverly and thoughtfully been cloned from the Tiki Torch,
and has been recoloured with kind permission from Cristina at Sims Interior
Designs. For this lovely fireplace in a variety of stylish colours and many
other fine and unique objects, visit her site at http://www.simsinteriordesigns.com
Ladies'
Soaking Tub
Ladies' Shower
(this
may not be too authentic, but I figure your sims won't mind too much)
Ladies'
Chair
Ladies'
Counter Ladies'
Loo
Your sims can use this loo in complete privacy, no matter who else is in the
bathroom at the time. This
will require the "Potty Pack" from the official site.
Ladies' fire & sink
I am privileged to present animated open fireplaces for your Turkish baths, which will not put your sims or their home in any danger. It has cleverly and thoughtfully been cloned from the Tiki Torch, and has been recoloured with kind permission from Cristina at Sims Interior Designs. For this lovely fireplace in a variety of stylish colours and many other fine and unique objects, visit her site at http://www.simsinteriordesigns.com The beautiful sink units have been recoloured from original ones in the Tombstone set by Secret Sims http://www.secretsims.com/
This
one zip contains three fully mix 'n' match tileable walls. The floor to the
Ladies' room is included in the wall & floor pack for the Gentleman's room
below.
Column and two Ladies' shelf units - one with some lovely soft Turkish towels
& soap, and one empty. Your
sims may even find something to read in these units!
This beautiful sink unit has been recoloured from original ones in the Tombstone set by Secret Sims http://www.secretsims.com/
Two
Gentleman's shelf units - one with some lovely soft Turkish towels & soap,
and one empty Your
sims may even find some books in these units!
Gentlemans Toilet stall.
Your sims can use this in complete privacy, no matter who else is in the bathroom
at the time. This
will require the "Potty Pack" from the official site.
Gentleman's
Bathtub
Gentlemans'
Shower (this may not be too authentic, but I figure your sims won't mind too
much)
Gentlemans'
Counter 
The
Gentlemans' Fireplace
I am privileged to present animated open fireplaces for your Turkish baths, which will not put your sims or their home in any danger. It has cleverly and thoughtfully been cloned from the Tiki Torch, and has been recoloured with kind permission from Cristina at Sims Interior Designs. For this lovely fireplace in a variety of stylish colours and many other fine and unique objects, visit her site at http://www.simsinteriordesigns.com
The Gentlemans' Chair and sink
Column & mirror
The
Gentleman's room walls & floor 
This one zip contains three fully mix 'n' match tileable walls for your Gentleman's room & two floors - the one not in this picture is for the Ladies' room (see pictures above). Unzip to a temporary storage folder, and move the files ending in
If you would like to redesign or recolor objects from the Turkish Baths set, please provide credit on your site and in the object description with a link back to us. Most recolours here are from the original game & expansion packs, or base items from sites participating in the Recolourers Resource Project, but where I have had specific permission for an item to be cloned for this set, you will need to ask the same permissions from the original designer - these are as follows:
All links to the original site where I have made the recolour from are given. See notes on home page.
Gentleman's sink