Our delightful Pineapple Spa has been inspired by the central cottage of a group of stone-built dwellings in Lower Swell known as Spa Cottages, whch were built in 1807 to house a Chalybeate (iron rich) spring that was discovered here at that time.
The spring can be found in the cellar of the house, but access is somewhat restrictive to visitors wishing to partake of the waters, so it is now pumped up to a fountain in the hallway upstairs, which is appropriately decorated with pineapple carving!
Highly unusual, the ashlar facade features Indian-inspired details said to imitate the Hidu style of Sezincote, a magnificent massion nearby that's considered to be the forerunner to Brighton Pavillon and was designed by Samuel Pepys Cockerell, Note that pineapple finial above the doorway's detailed canopy as well as ogee-shaped arched windows with honeysuckle finials.