Tarlair swimming pool
The Tarlair Swimming Pool is a seawater swimming pool in the Scottish town of Macduff in the Council Area of Aberdeenshire . In 2007 the structure was included in the Scottish Monument Lists in the highest monument category A.
history
As a result of increased leisure time and improved local public transport, recreational swimming pools became increasingly popular in Scotland in the 1920s and 1930s. A number of swimming pools were built along the coast in particular, among which the Tarlair Swimming Pool, which was started in 1930 and completed the following year, was the earliest seawater swimming pool. With the decline in swimming activity in Scotland, most of the baths were later closed and abandoned. Today only three coastal swimming pools remain in Scotland, of which the Stonehaven Open Air Swimming Pool was never connected to the sea and the system in Gourock has meanwhile been largely redesigned.
As urban planner for Burgh Macduff, John C. Miller designed the complex in 1929. The swimming pool was opened in 1931 after it was built by the local company Robert Morrison & Son . The kiosk was expanded during the 1950s. The bath was also used as a venue. The band Wet Wet Wet performed there in 1994, a year before the facility closed. In 2008, the unused facility was added to the register of endangered listed buildings in Scotland. Eight years later, her condition was classified as very poor and at the same time high risk.
description
The Art Deco complex is located at the head of the small bay Loch Craig on the Moray Firth on the eastern edge of Macduff. Located at the foot of a cliff, it blends harmoniously into the landscape. Three terraces, which are regularly connected by steps, line the curved D-shaped concrete pool. A second, elongated basin with rounded corners adjoins it towards the sea. The tea house is on the south side. The one-story Art Deco building closes with a flat roof . The kiosk takes up an almost square area near the entrance on the southwest side.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Entry on Tarlair Swimming Pool in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Entry on buildingsatrisk.org.uk
Web links
- Entry on Tarlair Swimming Pool in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 57 ° 40 ′ 14.8 " N , 2 ° 28 ′ 15.7" W.