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Monument Type - Swimming Bath
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P5329 Entwistle Road Leisure Centre Rochdale In February 2010 ArcHeritage carried out a programme of building recording, including measured survey and photography at the site of the Central Leisure Centre at Entwistle Road, Rochdale. The site includes the interwar municipal baths complex and a redundant early 20th century office and weighbridge house for the Corporation Sanitary Depot. Built in 1937 the baths included the latest thinking in municipal baths design and hygiene and incorporated a range of art deco architectural features, motifs and modern materials. From the analysis of the baths complex the original plan form, spatial arrangements and circulation spaces within the building were identified. These and a range of functional elements have increased understanding of how the building operated. Despite the introduction of new gymnasium and exercise facilities in recent years many of the original architectural details and fittings survive particularly in the main pool with its spectacular hyperbolic arched roof, balconies and concert stage. The baths complex represents a good survival of an integrated interwar baths and public hall complex designed and built by the local authority as a single whole to a set of contemporary hygiene and welfare requirements.
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A0511 Museum Gardens Access Road A photographic record was made of observations during the building of an access road. Remains of the external walls of the 19th century swimming bath and associated structures were found to contain re-used medieval masonry.
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A0359 Museum Gardens (Flood Defences) The first trench uncovered the remains of a 19th century open air swimming bath. Subsequent activities of workmen resulted in the collapse of part of the inner face of the Abbey's precinct wall, which showed evidence of robbing post dating the Dissolution of the Abbey in 1539. Further trenches were dug between the Hospitium and the river. These recover stretches of the Abbey precinct wall and structural remains which were interpreted as the vestiges of kitchens and other offices of the Abbey, mentioned by Drake.