Description

PARK ROAD
SE 0824 NE
679-/18/10052
(West side)
Public Baths
II
Public baths. 1859. Engineer Geo Wilson Stevens, possibly designed by Paxton and
Stokes. Donated by the Crossley family. Coursed stone with ashlar dressings, slate roofs
and a single tall ashlar chimney stack. Classical Revival style. Ground floor is articulated
with pairs of Doric pilasters which stand on a rusticated base, and support a full
entablature. The upper floor is articulated with slightly projecting piers with panels above
the pilasters, and above a moulded cornice. The main, east front-has 13 bays arranged
7:3:2. The projecting 2 storey 3 window section has 3 round headed windows with
moulded eared and shouldered surrounds. Above 3 plain sashes in similar flat headed
surrounds. To the left the single storey facade has a doorway in a round headed similar
surround with double doors and a plain fanlight, eitherside are single Ionic columns. The
6 bays beyond each have a blind window with a similar flat headed surround. To the
right 2 similar bays, the first with an inserted C20 entrance, the other with a similar blind
window. At the corner a similar curved and canted bay, and beyond on the north front
a similar bay. The projecting north end of the 2 storey pool block beyond has a central
bay with single curved side bays, all with similar fenestration, though the central blind
opening contains a commemorative marble plaque. The upper floor has no windows, and
the centre is decorated with a coat-of-arms inscribed PUBLIC BATHS, AD 1859. The
south front has 5 bays arrange 3:2. The 2 bay single storey section to the right has 2
narrow blind windows with similar surrounds, and to the left the 2 storey section has 2
similar very narrow windows and a blocked doorway. The upper floor has no windows.
The baths are lit by set back clerestorey windows. This important early example of a
public baths was given by the Crossley family to the people of Halifax, like the
neighbouring People's Park.

Listing NGR: SE0862524791

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26561702

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2