Description

SOUTHWARK

TQ3475 EAST DULWICH ROAD 636-1/13/324 (South side) 27/07/93 No.45 Dulwich Leisure Centre

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Public baths and wash houses, converted to leisure centre. 1890-1892. By Spalding and Cross. Red brick with stone dressings. Tiled roof and brick chimneystacks. Queen Anne style. EXTERIOR: symmetrical composition comprising centre of 7 bays and wings of 2 windows each. Central hipped section has clock tower, clock face with apron below and curved open pediment above and octagonal cupola with weathervane. 2 gabled dormers. Bracket eaves cornice and panel with lettering "Dulwich Public Baths". 1st-floor windows are sashes without glazing bars flanked by paired, fluted and rusticated pilasters to central section. Ground floor has wide cornice with 2 shell-moulded hoods above 2 central double doorcases. Right side wing has 2 sashes to ground floor. Left side wing has 1 sash and 1 pedimented doorcase. 2 flights of steps to street. INTERIOR: has to hall staircase with cast-iron supports, elaborate cast-iron newel post and mahogany handrail. Former large bath (now sports hall) has ornate cast-iron balustrade with arched supports above. A suspended ceiling has been inserted but the original roof survives above. Small bath has 10 bays of arched braced construction and renewed cubicles. Warm baths survive with original fittings.



Listing NGR: TQ3403175285

External Links

• Dulwich Public Baths at Wikipedia
• Dulwich Public Baths official website
• Wikidata Q5313556

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  For the Record
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)