Dulwich Leisure Centre

Dulwich Leisure Centre is a public baths and wash house that was converted into a leisure centre, built between 1890 and 1892 by the architects Spalding and Cross. The building is constructed of red brick with stone dressings, featuring a tiled roof and brick chimneystacks, and is designed in the Queen Anne style.

The exterior presents a symmetrical layout with a central section of seven bays flanked by wings containing two windows each. The central hipped section includes a clock tower with a clock face, an apron below, a curved open pediment above, and an octagonal cupola topped with a weathervane. There are also two gabled dormers, a bracket eaves cornice, and a panel that reads "Dulwich Public Baths." The first-floor windows are sash windows without glazing bars and are flanked by paired, fluted, and rusticated pilasters in the central section. The ground floor features a wide cornice with two shell-moulded hoods above two central double doorcases. The right wing has two sash windows on the ground floor, while the left wing has one sash window and one pedimented doorcase. There are two flights of steps leading to the street.

Inside, there is a hall staircase supported by cast-iron elements, an elaborate cast-iron newel post, and a mahogany handrail. The former large bath, now a sports hall, retains an ornate cast-iron balustrade with arched supports above. Although a suspended ceiling has been added, the original roof remains intact above it. The small bath area features ten bays of arched braced construction and renewed cubicles, while the warm baths still have their original fittings.