Victory Baths
The Victory Baths is a bathing establishment in the Scottish town of Renfrew in the Renfrewshire Council Area . In 1971 the structure was included in the Scottish Monument Lists in Monument Category B.
history
Lord and Lady Lobnitz, who lived in the nearby Blythswood House , donated the public bathing establishment. Thomas Graham Abercrombie was hired as the architect for the work, who realized a design in the Scottish Neo-Renaissance style. The facility opened in 1921. The public swimming facilities originally installed in the basement are no longer available today. There are various reports of apparitions in the building.
description
The building is on Inchinnan Road ( A8 ) in the north of the city. On the right is the former police station of Renfrew , which is also listed . The south-facing front of the two-story facility is symmetrical. A round tower with a bell roof emerges in the middle . There is the entrance area, which is provided with the name of the bath and ends with a coat of arms stone. The three windows on the upper floor are decorated with Doric pillars on corbels . The windows on both sides of the tower each lie on two vertical axes. The roofs are covered with green slate; the gable worked as a stepped gable . The portholes on the upper floor are decorated with blown gables decorated with thistles .
The swimming pool with a 25 yard (around 23 m) long pool adjoins at the rear. While the masonry on the front consists of ashlar, brick was used there, which was later plastered on the outside. The gable roof is completely glazed. Doric pillars adorn the side walls inside.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Paisley Daily Express: Haunted - Spooky video of Renfrew Baths ghost , October 30, 2008
- ↑ Information on the Victory Baths
Web links
- Information on the Victory Baths
- Entry on Victory Baths in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 52 '41.9 " N , 4 ° 23' 23.2" W.