In the bathroom may be seen an excellent example of the Hypocaust-an ingenious contrivance, by means of which the rooms were heated with hot air, which passed along beneath the floors.
"A Cotswold Village"
J. Arthur Gibbs
The dwellers had both summer and winter apartments; and when the cold weather arrived the Hypocaust furnaces were lighted, and the family adjourned to their winter quarters.
"English Villages"
P. H. Ditchfield
The remains disclosed included a bath, Hypocaust, channels and pipes for the passage of water and hot air, and tesselated pavements.
"The Towns of Roman Britain"
James Oliver Bevan