Sujet

Kings Hall Leisure Centre, Lower Clapton Road, Lower Clapton, Hackney, London, 2008. Creator: Simon Inglis.

Légende

Kings Hall Leisure Centre, Lower Clapton Road, Lower Clapton, Hackney, Greater London Authority, 2008. The front, Lower Clapton Road elevation of the Kings Hall Leisure Centre, originally Hackney Baths. Hackney Baths were designed by Edward Harnor and Frederick Pinches, and were built in 1894-1897. The building housed a main pool, originally a men's first class pool also known as King's Pool. The men's second class pool was later converted into a dance studio and fitness suite, and the ladies' pool became a sports hall. Steam baths were installs in the 1930s. Despite alterations, the interior of the baths retain many original features.

Date

2008

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Notre référence

HRM23A02_218

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

21,1Mo (826,2Ko) / 26,6cm x 19,9cm / 3136 x 2352 (300dpi)

Mots clés

exterior outdoors leisure road building London England architecture swimming country bathing baths swimming pool British English color location Victorian century Britain public baths swimming baths 21st century hackney Colour 19th century nineteenth century 2000s Clapton Lower Clapton Road TGN outside photograph Frederick Edward leisure centre Historic England 19th-century Simon Inglis Inglis Simon Hackney Baths Kings Hall Leisure Centre Edward Harnor Harnor Frederick Pinches Pinches