South Shields, Pier Parade, Victoria Sea Water Swimming Baths

HER Number:
17073

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Pier Parade, Victoria Sea Water Swimming Baths

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Health and Welfare

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Baths

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

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:
3712

Northing:
6763

Grid Reference:
NZ37126763

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 172