Kushk Bathhouse, Ferdows

🕰️When was it built?

The bath survives from the Timurid era and was part of the historic Kushk complex, near the Qaen gate. It was added to Iran's National Heritage List on 26 June 2005 as number 11990.

🏛️What was it built for?

The bath had two separate sections, for men and for women, reached through two portals on the north-west and south-west. Spaces such as the sarbineh, the miyandar, the garmkhaneh, the khazineh and the firewood store separated the different tasks of getting ready, washing and heating the water.

👀What you will see

• The entrance corridor winds; this bent route keeps the way into the bath from being a straight line.
• Two portals, facing north-west and south-west, led into the separate sections of the bath.
• Skylights lit the interior; as you look at the covered spaces, notice where they are.
• The garmkhaneh (hot room) and the khazineh (hot-water pool) are part of the complex, and their role differed from that of the sarbineh, the changing hall.

💡Something interesting

Smoke from heating the water passed through channels under the floor and helped warm the bath. So the heat of the fire did not go only into the water; the floor itself was part of the heating system.

🎒Good to know before you go

• Ask the person in charge whether you can enter the bath and its lower parts.