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Alloa, Primrose Street, Public Baths And Gymnasium
Baths (19th Century), Swimming Pool (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Alloa, Primrose Street, Public Baths And Gymnasium
Classification Baths (19th Century), Swimming Pool (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Speirs Centre; Batus Hall
Canmore ID 120060
Site Number NS89SE 91
NGR NS 88682 93016
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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Ordnance Survey licence number AC0000807262. All rights reserved.
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SC 681729
Interior view of the pool area showing trapeze and rings over pool, and changing rooms at side of pool in the Public Baths and Gymnasium, Primrose Street, Alloa.
Records of Bedford Lemere and Company, photographers, London, England
1898
© Courtesy of HES (Bedford Lemere and Company Collection)
SC 683137
General view of Public Baths at junction of Primrose Street and Primrose Place, Alloa.
Records of Bedford Lemere and Company, photographers, London, England
1898
© Courtesy of HES (Bedford Lemere and Company Collection)
DP 052361
Oblique aerial view centred on the public baths with the town centre adjacent, taken from the ESE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
7/11/2008
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152074
Interior. View of blocked opening in boiler room.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152085
Interior view of ground floor main stair at Primrose Street Public Baths, Alloa.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152095
Interior. View of canted corner on pool hall balcony.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152098
Interior. Detail of wolf-dragon headed carved bracket on structural stantion.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152101
Interior. Detail of wolf-dragon headed carved bracket on structural stantion, Alloa Public Baths and Gymnasium.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152119
Exterior. General view of gabled entrance bay to the Spiers Centre west elevation, taken from the south west.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152120
Exterior. Detail of arched opening with recessed window on the south elevation of the Spiers Centre.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 104845
General oblique aerial view of Alloa, taken from the W.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
25/7/2011
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1256688
Alloa, general view, showing Shillinghill and Greenfield House. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north-west.
Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England
4/2/1928
© Copyright: HES (Aerofilms Collection)
DP 152076
Interior. General view looking along the pool hall.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152090
Interior view of balustrade, tiling and bracketing within the stair hall at Primrose Street Public Baths, Alloa.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152106
Interior. General view of 1st floor sports hall.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152108
Interior. General view looking along the 1st floor sports hall to the viewing gallery.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152110
Interior. View of stairs leading up to gallery within sports hall.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152111
Exterior. General view of the Spiers Centre taken from the south east.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152113
Exterior. View of the east (rear) elevation of the Spiers Centre.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152117
Exterior. View of ground floor window bays on the west elevation of the Spiers Centre.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152122
Exterior. General view of the Spiers Centre taken from the south south west.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 683138
General view of entrance
Records of Bedford Lemere and Company, photographers, London, England
1898
© Courtesy of HES (Bedford Lemere and Company Collection)
SC 683140
Interior-general view of entrance foyer to Primrose Street Baths, Alloa.
Records of Bedford Lemere and Company, photographers, London, England
1898
© Courtesy of HES (Bedford Lemere and Company Collection)
DP 152079
Interior. General view looking along the pool hall.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152107
Interior. View of round arched recess within sports hall.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152114
Exterior. General view of the Spiers Centre taken from the east.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152115
Exterior. General view of the Spiers Centre taken from the north east.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152118
Exterior. General view of gabled entrance bay to south end of the Spiers Centre west elevation.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152121
Exterior.View of arched opening with recessed doorway to the east end of the Spiers Centre south elevation.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152123
Exterior. View looking north along Primrose Street to the Spiers Centre.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152125
Interior. Detail of stone carved signage and roundels above main entrance of the Spiers Centre.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152128
Exterior. View of glazed entrance porch recessed within west elevation of the Spiers Centre.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2492028
Interior. Detail of ornamental hammerbeam projecting from swimming pool roof.
3/6/1987
© RCAHMS
SC 2492043
View from W of decorative window surrounds topped by balcony.
3/6/1988
© RCAHMS
DP 152084
Interior. View of glazed screen and doors between pool hall and stair hall.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152087
Interior. Detail of wolf-dragon bannister end and wrought iron finial to stair hall balustrade.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152088
Interior. Detail of wolf-dragon bannister end and wrought iron finial to main stair balustrade.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152100
Interior. Detail of wolf-dragon headed carved bracket on structural stantion.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152103
Interior. Detail of wolf-dragon headed carved bracket on structural stantion.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2492030
Interior. Detail of ornamental hammerbeam projecting from swimming pool roof.
3/6/1987
© RCAHMS
SC 681727
Interior. View of Turkish bath. Digital image of A 80242 CN
10/6/1988
© RCAHMS
DP 152073
Interior. View of structural column in boiler room.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152075
Interior. View of blocked opening is boiler room.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152086
Interior. View of tiling and balustrading within stair hall.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152091
Interior. View of the main stairs and stairwell, taken from the mid-landing of the stair.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152096
Interior. Detail of surviving spectator bench seating along the balcony of the pool hall.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152102
Interior. Detail of wolf-dragon headed carved bracket on structural stantion.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 683139
General view of Primrose Place elevation
Records of Bedford Lemere and Company, photographers, London, England
1898
© Courtesy of HES (Bedford Lemere and Company Collection)
DP 104844
General oblique aerial view of Alloa, taken from the ESE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
25/7/2011
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152097
Interior. Detail of wolf-dragon headed carved bracket on structural stantion.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152112
Exterior. Oblique view looking along the south elevation of the Spiers Centre.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152116
Exterior. Oblique view looking along the west (front) elevation of the Spiers Centre, taken from the north.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152127
Exterior. Detail of cherub figure within cartouche above west elevation window.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2492027
Interior. Detail of staircase with newel posts and baluster.
3/6/1987
© RCAHMS
DP 152077
Interior. General view looking along the pool hall.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152078
Interior view looking along the pool hall, Alloa Public Baths.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152081
Interior view looking along the pool hall, Alloa Public Baths.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152083
Interior. View looking up to the spectator balcony within the pool hall.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152094
Interior. View looking along the pool hall, taken from the gallery.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152099
Interior. Detail of wolf-dragon headed carved bracket on structural stantion.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152104
Interior. Detail of wolf-dragon headed carved brackets on structural stantions.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152124
Exterior. Oblique view looking along the south elevation of the Spiers Centre, taken from the west.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152126
Exterior. Detail of carved architrave above the window of the west elevation..
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2492029
Interior. Detail of ornamental hammerbeam projecting from swimming pool roof.
3/6/1987
© RCAHMS
SC 2492031
Interior. Detail of ornamental baluster on swimming pool balcony.
3/6/1987
© RCAHMS
SC 696173
Interior-general view of gymnasium hall Digital image of CL 761
Records of Bedford Lemere and Company, photographers, London, England
1898
© Courtesy of HES (Bedford Lemere and Company Collection)
DP 152080
Interior. General view looking along the pool hall.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152082
Interior. View looking along the structural trusses of the pool hall roof.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152089
Interior. View looking across the stair hall from the mid-level landing of the main stair towards the entrance screen of the pool hall.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152092
Interior. View of tiered seating on end balcony of pool hall.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152093
Interior. View of structural stantion with wolf-dragon detailing on balcony of main pool hall.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152105
Interior. Detail of wolf-dragon headed carved brackets on structural stantions.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 152109
Interior. Detail of wall panelling in sports hall.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
22/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2492033
Detail of decorative plaques and lettering above front door.
3/6/1987
© RCAHMS
- Council Clackmannan
- Parish Alloa
- Former Region Central
- Former District Clackmannan
- Former County Clackmannanshire
NMRS REFERENCE:
ARCHITECTS:- Sir John James Burnet
J. Burnet, Son & Campbell 1895-7.
Photographic Survey (22 March 2013)
The Spiers Centre was recorded by RCAHMS threatened building survey, prior to a scheme of major alteration and restoration taking place at the building. It was proposed to relocate the town library into the former swimming pool hall of the centre, necessitating the filling in of the swimming pool tank.
