Listed Building record TQ 76 NE 1191 - SWIMMING POOL

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1900 to 1909

Location

Grid reference TQ 7689 6965 (point)
Map sheet TQ76NE
County KENT
Civil Parish GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT
Unitary Authority MEDWAY

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ7669 SW GILLINGHAM NORTH ROAD
(North Side), Pembroke
2/129 Swimming pool
GV II
Swimming pool, disused. 1900s, by Colonel Sir H Pilkington RE. Red brick with stone dressings and a slate roof. Rectangular plan. N entrance gable has clasping crenellated towers linked by a recessed parapetted segmental-arched bridge with 4 light mullion window, and gable set back behind. Plain parapetted sides have buttresses and small windows. INTERIOR: not inspected. HISTORY: One of the earliest barracks swimming pools, with the adjoining gym evidence of attempts to raise the physical quality of the navy at the end of the C19. Part of a complete naval barracks.
Listing NGR: TQ7689169650


English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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  • --- Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

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Record last edited

Feb 19 2008 12:26PM