KELSTON Agents Carter Jonas Contact 01225 750900 Price Pounds900,000 The next owners of a pretty cottage in a quiet corner ofKelston on the outskirts of Bath will be able to boast that theirhome has a lavatory used by Queen Elizabeth I. The remains of thetoilet stand in the lovely grounds of Moores Cottage, which is onthe market with Bath property agents Carter Jonas.
Sir John Harrington, godson to the monarch, had been banishedfrom court and exiled to Kelston. During his exile, which dated from1584 to 1591, he built himself a house and designed and installedwhat is believed to be the first flushing water closet, which henamed Ajax - a jacks being Elizabethan …
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