Listed Building record TQ 76 NE 1191 - SWIMMING POOL
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 7689 6965 (point) |
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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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- --- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
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Record last edited
Feb 19 2008 12:26PM