Former Tottenham Public Baths

TQ 3389 26/285

TOWN HALL APPROACH ROAD (west side) Former Tottenham Public Baths

II GV

Public baths, now community hall and public baths. Built 1905 by A S Taylor and R Jemmett. English bond red brick with Portland stone bands and dressings; hipped Welsh slate roofs; brick stacks with moulded stone caps. Edwardian Baroque style. 3 storeys. 2:3:2 fenestration with taller central block brought forward. Central block has ground floor of ashlar with rusticated Tuscan pilasters and semi-circular arches with prominent keystones, framing central window flanked by original half-glazed double doors to left and mid C20 double doors to right set in panelled reveals. 9-pane sashes and mid C20 door (to right) on ground floor are set in square-headed rusticated architrave. First-floor 12-pane sashes set in eared architraves beneath pulvinated friezes with cornices to outer bays and pediments to centre; 9-pane second-floor sashes set in eared architraves. Modillioned cornice, with open pediment over central bay which has semi-circular arched window with prominent keystone. Original rainwater heads with modillioned cornices and ball pendants. The central moulded string course is continued as a string course beneath the parapets of the two outer blocks, which have rusticated segmental arch over half-glazed double doors to left and open pediment set over coping above 9-pane sash to right. Louvred ventilator and glazed strip lights to pool roof; boiler house chimney to rear. Interior: offices to front of two pools, one now converted into a community.hall. One of 3 municipal buildings, originally interlinked by iron gateways, built by A S Taylor and R Jemmett for Tottenham Borough Council. (The Builder, April 14, 1904).

Listing NGR: TQ3364089397