The pool hall in daylight. A long pool with pale green mosaic tiles and light rippling on the water and the slatted oak ceiling, pale limestone floors and walls, a stone ledge along one side with towel rails and candles, and four loungers with cream cushions. The whole left wall is glass onto the lightwell garden of small blossoming trees, ferns and flowers between stone walls.

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Market Row Baths · pool hall

Calm, pale and quiet, lit by daylight falling through the lightwell garden. The surprise is that you are swimming under the street.

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Market Row Baths · pool hall

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Modern spa. Basement under the north-west of the courtyard, about 13 × 11 m. The pool is about 9 × 5 m. One wall is glass, looking into the lightwell garden.

Palette: Pale limestone, Light oak, Dark bronze, Pool water, Lime plaster.

materials

Honed pale limestone floor, walls and pool edge, slip-resistant finish
Pool lined in small pale grey-green mosaic so the water reads soft turquoise
Ceiling of slim oak battens with acoustic backing
Full-height glass wall with slim bronze mullions onto the lightwell garden

furniture

Four low teak loungers with linen cushions along the glass wall
A limestone bench built into the long wall
Bronze towel rails and a slim bronze ladder

lighting

Daylight from the lightwell, rippling across the ceiling off the water
Hidden linear LED washing down the long limestone wall
Underwater lights for evening swims

practical

Dehumidifying air handling is essential, with the plant room next door
Pool depth about 1.4 m: good for swimming, no diving
Full basement tanking and a pumped sump; a pool cover saves heat and humidity

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Photorealistic interior architectural photograph of an underground private swimming pool hall, about 13 by 11 metres, in a calm modern spa style. A 9 by 5 metre pool lined in small pale grey-green mosaic so the water glows soft turquoise. Honed pale limestone floor, walls and pool edge. A ceiling of slim light oak battens. One whole wall is floor-to-ceiling glass with slim bronze mullions, looking into a narrow, deep sunken garden only about 7 metres wide, enclosed by tall pale stone walls rising 4.5 metres to the open sky, planted with spring flowers, ferns and two small blossom trees, with daylight falling straight down into it and rippling across the ceiling off the water. Four low teak loungers with linen cushions along the glass, a limestone bench built into the long wall, bronze towel rails. Hidden linear light washing down the far wall. Serene, quiet midday. Style: high-end interior photography, soft natural light, crisp stone texture. Avoid: cold clinical look, plastic, people, text.

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