The bathhouse roof and jetty seen from above

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Building a bathhouse on a working harbour

Building a bathhouse on a working harbour

Helen Marsh, studio manager at Stillburn

Helen Marsh

9 September 2026 · 8 min read

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The building was a boat shed for forty years before it was ours. The beams are still the originals, and the floor still slopes gently toward the water.

Three rooms, one loop

We wanted guests to walk in one direction: heat, then cold, then rest, then back to the heat. The cedar room sits at the back, the pools by the doors to the deck and the rest room along the window.

What we kept

The doors, the beams and the view. Almost everything else is new, but it was built to look like it has always been there.

On a quiet evening you can still hear the boats knock against the jetty from the rest room.

Helen Marsh, studio manager at Stillburn

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Helen Marsh

Studio manager. Runs the front desk, the bookings and the tea bar, and knows every regular by name.

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