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Swimming
Newcastle Road Baths
54.920837, -1.385206
Monkwearmouth, Sunderland
Opened:
1936
Closed:
2008
Redeveloped
Condition:
Home Teams/Clubs:
Last Updated:
24 Jun 2022
Sunderland Amateur Swimming Club
HER Description
1936-2008. Designed by J.E. Lewis. Described by Lynn Pearson as a 'splendid edifice'. Rather austere and institutional on the outside. Inside, the main pool, 100 x 39 feet, was spanned by tall reinforced concrete arches. There was raised seating to either side. It soon became the home of the Sunderland Amateur Swimming Club, which had formed in 1889. In 2006 it was announced that the Newcastle Road Baths would be replaced by the Olympic sized pool at the new Aquatic Centre. The baths closed in April 2008. The building was recorded by TWM Archaeology before demolition in 2011.
Ordnance Survey, 1950s. The baths is the T shaped building in the centre.
Newcastle Road baths, undated. Source: Sunderland Echo
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Baths after modernisation . Source: Sunderland Echo
Historic Environment Records
Durham/Northumberland: Keys to the Past
Tyne and Wear: Sitelines
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