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Rochester
28-08-2008, 02:05 PM
Harpurhey Swimming Baths


The Harpurhey Baths were designed by Henry Price, the same architect who designed the Grade II* listed Victoria Baths, and were listed Grade II in 1994 while still in use.

Harpurhey Baths are one of numerous municipal baths constructed throughout the country around the turn of the century, following various social reforms, and public health acts. The baths complexes were principally for social amenity and hygiene, rather than primarily for recreation. They were designed to fit an already occupied site, which contained, besides terrace houses and shops lining Rochdale Road, a school and a pub.

The entrance block, with its return, and the massing of the male pool behind were considered as an architectural frontispiece. The baths provided an extremely important social facility in the area and has been associated with community use and gathering, for over 100 years. The male baths closed in 2001, after serious defects were discovered.


The fine features of this wonderful piece of history linger in isolation. There are 2 pools for separating the male and females. Upstairs are the cubicles for having a bath. Lots of lovely features remain and hopefully will not end up in a skip.

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