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Vital Life Lines For Historic Pools
ABOVE: The Cleveland Pools has received a £4.7 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
A stunning Grade II listed building in the Wirral, Byrne Avenue Baths is looking towards a bright new future thanks to generous donations by local and national funders.
When fully restored the building will provide a sports hall, community space, swimming pool, meeting rooms, community cafe and slipper baths.
Built in 1933, there are two pools which are early concrete pools. The main pool has changing rooms around the edge, a gallery with art deco style railings and wooden seating. The second pool is converted to a sports hall. There is a set of eight slipper baths and a toilet with overhead cistern. The entrance hall has terrazzo marble walls and floor.
The swimming pool complex has been closed for 10 years with both water damage and vandalism during this time bringing about an accelerated deterioration of the building. A dedicated local group set up by the Byrne Avenue Trust secured the building as listed and then negotiated an asset transfer from the local council.
Funding from The Garfield Weston Foundation will restore the entrance, ticket office and Grand Hall, including revealing the terrazzo walls from beneath a magnolia paint overcoat. A further donation from Power to Change, the organisation set up to grow and support community businesses in England, will fund
all the work needed to bring the Sports Hall back to full use. Meanwhile, the Cleveland Pools Trust has welcomed the news that it has been awarded a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant to secure the future of this historic site.
The £4.7 million grant from the HLF will enable the restoration of Cleveland Pools in Bath, which were built between 1815 and 1817 making them the oldest outdoor swimming pool in the UK. The scheme will cost £5.7 million, with the Cleveland Pools Trust having already raised £800k. Chair of the Cleveland Pools Trust, Paul Simons, says: “After 14 years’ hard work the Trust’s efforts have finally succeeded in guaranteeing the future of this unique place and community asset.
“Our thanks also go to the many hundreds of volunteers who have worked tirelessly to get us to this point, and the thousands of others who have expressed their support for the scheme over the years.”
Gill Wright of Historic Pools of Britain agreed: “This Georgian lido is of huge national and international significance, so we are delighted that through the Heritage Lottery Fund’s grant it will be restored so that it can once again welcome swimmers and take its place in the community.”
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