Fenham Hall Drive, Fenham Public Baths

Fenham Hall Drive, Fenham Public Baths

HER Number
17074
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Fenham Hall Drive, Fenham Public Baths
Place
Fenham
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
Class
Recreational
Site Type: Broad
Swimming Pool
Site Type: Specific
Indoor Swimming Pool
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Designed by Hetherington & Wilson. Opened in 1938. Single storey brick entrance block in front of a top-lit pool shed containing a pool measuring 75 feet x 35 feet. The pool catered for mixed swimming sessions. Changing rooms were set apart from the pool. There were a limited number of slipper (individual) baths. Fenham Baths closed on 28 June 2003. Pool users formed the Fenham Swimming Project as a charitable company. The baths re-opened in July 2005. The Big Lottery Fund gave the project an £80,000 grant in 2007 for improvements. More improvements were made in 2009-10.
Easting
421750
Northing
565560
Grid Reference
NZ421750565560
Sources
Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 178-9