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These lovely Turkish-styled baths were brought back to life after winning a reality show competition.
Its holiday season here on the blog, and as the editorial team take a break to redesign, review and recharge, we’ll be leaving you with a reduced blogging schedule so that you still get your daily dose of wedding lovely. Usual service will recommence on Monday 7th July 2014,
The article about our trip to Manchester has been in my blogging pipeline for quite a while and it feels strange to publish it now, the week after the bombing in Manchester. If you have been to a place where an attack happened you somehow have more of a connection to it and it feels more real. It makes you realise that you have no control whatsoever of when these things happen and how you can protect yourself, family and friends. However, I can control my attitude and my reaction towards it. I can decide not to be scared and to continue travelling and exploring new places. One of these places are the Victoria Baths, a Grade II listed building in Manchester which opened to the public in 1906. Most of the interior features like wall tiles, mosaic floors and stained glass windows date from the early 20th century. The Baths were closed in 1993 because the maintenance costs were too high. The building is currently restored but people can have a look around and book it for events, for example as a wedding venue. In 2003 the Victoria Baths Trust won the BBC’s Restauration series and was awarded a £3m Heritage Lottery Grant that kicked off the restauration. In the early 20th century, segregation both by gender and class was the norm, which is why the Victoria Baths have three swimming pools and entrances: 1st class male, 2nd class male and female. The first-class pool was reserved for the wealthiest gents, who were given the cleanest water. Their leftovers filtered into the second-class male pool next door and then finally to the female baths. Swimming wasn’t the only activity in the Victoria Baths. Above the second-class male pool, people could also take an ordinary bath in separate cubicles. With Manchester being one of the centres of the Industrial Revolution, the population grew fast, diseases spread quickly and the child mortality was high. Back then most of the houses didn’t have a bathroom, so the Baths also served as an institution to educate people about personal hygiene. The long-term aim is to have public swimming at Victoria Baths again. Today this is just possible on one-off occasions, for example on the 14th of May this year when 177 lucky swimmers enjoyed the first public session at Victoria Baths since it closed in 1993.
Staircase tile detailing at Victoria Baths, Victoria Park, Manchester
The above image was taken on Sunday 1st June 2014 at Victoria Baths, Manchester. This was my first time at Victoria Baths and during this visit I decided to shoot exclusively using a very wide angle lens (a 12mm Sigma) and also use my usual HDR style. For more information about Victoria Baths see the site: www.victoriabaths.org.uk #Manchester #Victoria #baths #hdr #sigma #12mm
Name: Victoria Baths Location: Manchester Current status: Building open, but pools closed Date built: 1903-1906 Architect: Henry Price (City architect) Listed building status: Grade II* Lead organisation: Victoria Baths Trust Description Widely recognised as the most remarkable and high quality example of a municipal public baths. Built 1903-06 of brick and terracotta, it is very much a building of its period, with strong art nouveau influences apparent throughout, particularly in the decorative finishes. There are over 100 stained glass windows, with sixteen of these being of particular interest, depicting sportsmen, rural scenes and a variety of symbolic motifs. Key public spaces have floor to ceiling tiling made by the Pilkington Tile Company and the Males 1st Class entrance hall has a mosaic floor and an ornate ceramic stair balustrade. Facilities Partially restored and open as a heritage visitor attraction and events venue, there are three empty swimming pools (one of which is floored over), a Turkish Baths suite and many ancillary spaces. Open for guided tours, Open Days and other public events. Available for private hire for photoshoots, film location work, weddings and other private events. Notable facts Victoria Baths has three entrances, and had three pools: Males 1st Class, Males 2nd Class and Females. This tells the present day visitor the normal pattern of gender and class segregation in swimming and bathing in the Victorian and Edwardian era. Although City architect Henry Price was responsible for overseeing the construction of the building, he didn’t actually design it. The original architect/designer is uncertain. Victoria Baths has the first Aeratone to be installed in a public baths in England, dating from 1952. This is a bit like a Jacuzzi but much more powerful. Victoria Baths won the first series of BBC TWO’s Restoration programme in 2003. Current plans Restoration to date has concentrated on vital external repairs. The long term vision is to fully restore the building, bringing public leisure facilities back into use. The Trust has partnered with Fusion Lifestyle to progress the next phase: – Phase 2 will see the re-opening of the Turkish Baths suite, the creation of a modern health suite of treatment rooms and the conversion of the extensive Superintendent’s Flat into residential accommodation. This is a £4.5m project; the Trust are fundraising to raise this figure including an application to Heritage Lottery Fund. Website www.victoriabaths.org.uk Find this pool Click to open Google Maps in a new window Postcode: M13 0FE
Samantha + Tim's wedding at Victoria Baths in Manchester, a listed victorian bath house lovingly restored to its former 1906 glory.
The article about our trip to Manchester has been in my blogging pipeline for quite a while and it feels strange to publish it now, the week after the bombing in Manchester. If you have been to a place where an attack happened you somehow have more of a connection to it and it feels more real. It makes you realise that you have no control whatsoever of when these things happen and how you can protect yourself, family and friends. However, I can control my attitude and my reaction towards it. I can decide not to be scared and to continue travelling and exploring new places. One of these places are the Victoria Baths, a Grade II listed building in Manchester which opened to the public in 1906. Most of the interior features like wall tiles, mosaic floors and stained glass windows date from the early 20th century. The Baths were closed in 1993 because the maintenance costs were too high. The building is currently restored but people can have a look around and book it for events, for example as a wedding venue. In 2003 the Victoria Baths Trust won the BBC’s Restauration series and was awarded a £3m Heritage Lottery Grant that kicked off the restauration. In the early 20th century, segregation both by gender and class was the norm, which is why the Victoria Baths have three swimming pools and entrances: 1st class male, 2nd class male and female. The first-class pool was reserved for the wealthiest gents, who were given the cleanest water. Their leftovers filtered into the second-class male pool next door and then finally to the female baths. Swimming wasn’t the only activity in the Victoria Baths. Above the second-class male pool, people could also take an ordinary bath in separate cubicles. With Manchester being one of the centres of the Industrial Revolution, the population grew fast, diseases spread quickly and the child mortality was high. Back then most of the houses didn’t have a bathroom, so the Baths also served as an institution to educate people about personal hygiene. The long-term aim is to have public swimming at Victoria Baths again. Today this is just possible on one-off occasions, for example on the 14th of May this year when 177 lucky swimmers enjoyed the first public session at Victoria Baths since it closed in 1993.
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taken in the tturkish baths at victoria baths, mancheter. taken with olympus OM2n with 24MM zuiko lens on konica centuria 200 film Victoria Baths is one of 5 Grade II* listed public baths in the country. Described by the Manchester Guardian at the time of its opening as 'probably the most splendid bathing institution in the country'. The Lord Mayor at the time described it as a water palace. Designed by T de Courcy Meade, Arthur Davies and Henry Price it opened in September 1906 at a cost of £59,939. The building finally closed in 1993 and the Victoria Baths Trust formed to ensure the building survived with the goal of restoring and reopening it.
Samantha + Tim's wedding at Victoria Baths in Manchester, a listed victorian bath house lovingly restored to its former 1906 glory.