Ironmonger Row Baths listed

“‘HANDSOME’ Ironmonger Row Baths has made such a splash with the Government it has been made a listed building.

Tessa Jowell MP, secretary for culture, media and sport, has announced her decision to give the Finsbury swimming pool a grade II listing.

She said the baths were ‘a handsome, well-detailed example of an inter-war public baths’, adding: ‘The building retains a significant proportion of its original plan and a number of internal 1930s fittings, notably the Turkish baths.’

Former Islington schools swimming instructor David Hyams applauded the decision – which will ban any future developers from substantially changing the building.
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(Via london pools campaign Ironmonger Row Baths listed: .)

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