Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport Minutes of Evidence


Annex 2

LISTED PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS AND POOL BUILDINGS NO LONGER IN USE INCLUDED ON ENGLISH HERITAGE'S REGISTER OF BUILDINGS AT RISK

  English Heritage's Register of Buildings at Risk is updated every year. Published in nine regional editions, the Register catalogues listed buildings seriously threatened by neglect and decay. Outside London the Register lists only grade I and II* listed buildings, in London the Register includes grade II, as well as grades I and II*.

LONDON

THE LONDON REGISTER OF BUILDINGS AT RISK INCLUDES GRADE II LISTED BUILDINGS, AS WELL AS GRADE I AND II*

  
Grade
Ownership
Vacant
Condition
Comments
Haggerston Baths, Whiston Road, E2
II
Local athority
Vacant
Poor
Public baths and swimming pool built in 1904. Emergency repairs undertaken to arrest decay. Possible use as "healthy living centre" under consideration.
Tottenham Public Baths, Town Hall, Approach Road, N15
II
Local athority
Vacant
Poor
Public baths built in 1905. Marketed by local authority together with former depot site at the rear. So far no proposals have emerged.
Uxbridge Lido, Park Road, Uxbridge
II
Local athority
Vacant
Poor
Swimming pool designed in Modern style in 1935. Only remaining example of a 12-side "star" swimming pool. Vacant since closure in 1998. Condition deteriorating and subject to vandalism. Site identified as part of a proposed site in Hillingdon UDP for an indoor sports/leisure complex.
Brentford Baths, Brentford
II
Company
Vacant
Poor
Public baths and swimming pool of 1895-96. Sold at auction by local authority in 1998. Application of re-use as offices refused by local authority.
City University Swimming Pool, St John Street, EC1
II
Government
Vacant
Fair
Built 1894-96. Swimming baths rebuilt 1953-55 following war damage. Owners seeking funds to refurbish.
Manor Place Baths, Bermondsey, SE15
II
Local authority
Vacant
Fair
Built 1985.
Marshall Street Baths, Soho, W1
II
Local authority
Vacant
Poor
Built 1928-31. Closed 1997. Westminster has put forward unsatisfactory proposal for re-opening with significantly reduced sports facilities.


OUTSIDE LONDON

OUTSIDE LONDON THE REGISTER OF BUILDINGS AT RISK INCLUDES ONLY GRADE I AND II* LISTED BUILDINGS

  
Grade
Ownership
Vacant
Condition
Comments
Victoria Baths, Hathersage Road, Longsight, Manchester
II*
Local athority
Vacant
Poor
Built 1906. Outstanding public baths built in 1906 with three pool halls, Turkish and Russian baths suite and lavish decoration. Closed 1993 despite vigorous local opposition. Victoria Baths Trust seeking funds to re-open baths independently of the city council as a "healthy living centre".
Collier Street Baths, Salford
II*
Private
Vacant
Poor
Former baths of 1855 later used as warehouse. Important survival of early purpose-built baths. Was open to the elements and suffered from vandalism. Emergency repairs undertaken in 1996, but there has been further water ingress since.
Hugh Mason House, Henry Square, Ashton under Lyne
II*
Private
Vacant
Poor
Municipal swimming baths built 1870-71. Derelict but purchased by developer for commercial use. So far no realistic scheme for re-use. Some emergency works have been carried out but condition is still generally poor.
Clifton Pool, Oakfield Place, Clifton, Bristol
II*
Housing Association
Vacant
Poor
Swimming baths of c1850 built in Egyptian style. A feasibility study has been commissioned.

29 November 2001



 
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