Looking down into the former main swimming pool hall in Seymour Leisure Centre, formerly known as Seymour Place Baths, from the former cafe after conversion into a gym

Date:
10 Mar 2008
Location:
Seymour Leisure Centre, Seymour Place, City Of Westminster, Greater London Authority, W1H
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Seymour Leisure Centre, Bryanston Place, City of Westminster, Greater London Authority, W1H
Seymour Place Baths, Bryanston Place, City of Westminster, Greater London Authority
Seymour Place Baths, Seymour Place, City of Westminster, Greater London Authority
Reference:
PLA01/03/0186
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

The Seymour Place Baths (later known as Seymour Hall and Swimming Baths, and Seymour Leisure Centre) was officially opened in April 1937. The building was designed by Kenneth Mervyn Baskerville Cross for St Marylebone Borough Council. It is Grade II listed. The main swimming pool hall was designed to be converted into a public hall or cinema in the winter, and was surrounded by spectator galleries. The reinforced concrete roof structure was based on hangars in Orly, France (Freyssinet, 1921-23) and the Royal Horticultural Society exhibition hall in Victoria, London (1927-28). The main pool was converted into a dry sports hall in the mid 1980s, though the second class pool remained in use.

Content

This is part of the Series: PLA01/03 Played in London; within the Collection: PLA01 Played in Britain Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Inglis, Simon

Architect: Cross, Kenneth Mervyn Baskerville

Keywords

Mid 20th Century Baths, Mid 20th Century Indoor Swimming Pool, Late 20th Century Sports Building, Leisure And Recreation