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General view of entrance
SC 683138
Description General view of entrance
Date 1898
Collection Records of Bedford Lemere and Company, photographers, London, England
Catalogue Number SC 683138
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of BL 15074/A
Scope and Content Entrance to the Alloa Public Baths and Gymnasium, Primrose Street, Alloa, Clackmannan, 1898 The Alloa Public Baths, designed by the architectural firm, Burnet & Campbell, were given to the town in 1898 by John Thomson Paton, a local mill owner. The architectural photographer, Harry Bedford Lemere, was commissioned to photograph the exterior. This splendid, two-storeyed Scots Renaissance building was adorned with balustrading, sculptures and elaborate architectural features. The main entrance from Primrose Street, seen here, was through a tall, red granite recessed porch. The opening of the baths was of great social significance for the town as it provided a pool and gymnasium for general use by all. It also gave the opportunity, through exercise, to produce 'a healthy mind and a healthy body', both good Victorian values. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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