Former Manchester Swimming Baths is a Grade II listed building in the Salford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 1997. Former swimming baths. 1 related planning application.
Former Manchester Swimming Baths
- WRENN ID
- ancient-finial-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Salford
- Constituency
- Salford MP: Rebecca Long Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 August 1997
- Type
- Former swimming baths
- Address
- Former Manchester Swimming Baths, 31, Blackfriars Road, M3 7EH
- OS grid reference
- SJ 833 988
- Coordinates
- 53.4859, -2.25217
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Manchester Swimming Baths, now used for commercial purposes, was built around 1890. It is constructed of brick with terracotta dressings and features a part-glazed roof. The facade is designed to appear as two storeys, highlighted by a central pedimented feature above the entrance, which is set within a wide gable. The entrance includes a moulded four-centred arched doorway flanked by pilasters that spring from corbels, supporting a continuous string course. On either side of the entrance are grouped arched windows arranged in pairs. Above, there are paired windows on each side, with central paired windows that include mullions and transoms. The pedimented centerpiece showcases decorative terracotta panelling and is flanked by pilasters that extend into finials. Behind this, there is a gabled glazed roof structure. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Former Manchester Swimming Baths sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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