Former Public Baths is a Grade II listed building in the Bolton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1974. Public baths. 7 related planning applications.
Former Public Baths
- WRENN ID
- small-chamber-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton South and Walkden MP: Yasmin Qureshi (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1974
- Type
- Public baths
- Address
- Former Public Baths, Lower Bridgeman Street, BL2 1DG
- OS grid reference
- SD 721 087
- Coordinates
- 53.57478, -2.42134
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Former Public Baths, located on Lower Bridgeman Street in Bolton, was built in 1845 and designed by architect James Greenhalgh. This two-storey building features coursed and squared stone with slate roofs and originally served as public baths and assembly rooms, but is now used as offices.
The exterior has a five-window range with advanced outer bays. There are side entrances in the centre of the outer bays, featuring round arched doorways framed by Tuscan architraves. Above these, the sash windows are set in stressed architraves. The ground floor is recessed between the outer bays, with a central entrance that has an overlight and is flanked by 12-pane sash windows. A Tuscan colonnade of six bays supports the projecting upper storey, which includes a tripartite central window in a stressed architrave with an entablature hood, along with outer sash windows. The building is finished with a plain cornice and blocking course, and features angle quoins. There is a two-window return, but the rear wing that once housed the baths has been demolished.
The interior has not been inspected. Historically, the building was constructed by a private company and later taken over by the borough, which also included a public hall.
Local climate
Former Public Baths sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 7 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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