Edwardian bathing machine rescued from Teignmouth Back Beach and renovated.
Bathing machines were described by Walley Chamberlain Oulton in 1805:
"Four-wheeled carriages, covered with canvas, and having at one end of them an umbrella of the same materials which is let down to the surface of the water, so that the bather descending from the machine by a few steps is concealed from the public view, whereby the most refined female is enabled to enjoy the advantages of the sea with the strictest delicacy."
