Pier Parade, Victoria Sea Water Swimming Baths
Pier Parade, Victoria Sea Water Swimming Baths
HER Number
17073
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Pier Parade, Victoria Sea Water Swimming Baths
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Recreational
Site Type: Broad
Swimming Pool
Site Type: Specific
Tidal Swimming Pool
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Description
Opened by a private company in July 1885. Designed by Joseph Morton. Cost £6.000. The baths were supplied directly from the sea at high tide. 16 months later the baths were sold for £2,710. The new owners were wound up in 1902. The baths closed around 1916. In 1921 the building became the Marina Threate, then the Majestic Ballroom with a new 1930s frontage, then an amusement arcade. In 2010 a new public pool was proposed for the site.
Easting
437120
Northing
567630
Grid Reference
NZ437120567630
Sources
Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 172