Description

SE0541SE
26/4

KEIGHLEY
ALBERT STREET
(south side)
Keighley
Public Baths

GV
II

Public baths. Late C19 with 1914 addition. Rusticated stone, Welsh slate roof.
Main block: High Victorian style; 2 storeys; 4-bay asymmetrical facade, bays 1 and
3 breaking forward and gabled, bay 2 with 2 gables, bay 4 with 1 gable. 2
pointed-arch doorways to bay 2 in projecting surrounds with acanthus-leaf capitals
to square piers, moulded arches, roundels in spandrels and acanthus-leaf cornices.
Windows of 1, 2 or 3 lights in quoined surrounds with acanthus leaf capitals to
colonettes. Where windows are below gables they are surmounted by a roundel with
multi-foiled light, the whole under a pointed-arch hoodmould. Chamfered band
above ground floor and to eaves. Ashlar coping. Iron finials, 2 surviving.
Ridge stack to left. 1914 addition to right: single storey, 3 bays. Corner bay
with spire. Pointed-arch doorway with coat of arms above in projecting, gabled
surround. Ashlar coping. Interior: stained glass in main entrance doors.

Listing NGR: SE0594741355

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26600356

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