Leaded Windows - St. Sampsons Square

The coloured reflections in this leaded window caught my eye and then drew me to the intricate pattern of the glasswork. This is a window of the "Roman Bath" public house in St. Sampsons Square. The Roman bath has changed it's name a few times since it was built in the 18th century eventually being named the "Mail Coach" when it was taken on by a former mail coach driver George Penock in 1823 as landlord. It was a prominent coaching inn in those days making the name even more appropriate. It kept the name Mail Coach until the 1970s when the remains of a Roman Bath were found in the basement during alteration work. It then became known as the Roman Bath. There is a plate glass floor in the pub that allows you to view the roman remains and there is a small museum of Roman finds.