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Whitehill Colliery (1 And 2), Pit Head Baths
Pithead Baths (20th Century)
Site Name Whitehill Colliery (1 And 2), Pit Head Baths
Classification Pithead Baths (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Whitehill Colliery Baths
Canmore ID 289408
Site Number NS51NW 6.02
NGR NS 5315 1822
NGR Description Centred on main colliery buildings
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/289408
- Council East Ayrshire
- Parish Old Cumnock
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cumnock And Doon Valley
- Former County Ayrshire
NS51SW 6.01 c. 5315 1822
Whitehill Colliery Baths, Ayrshire, The Colliery Company have improved the site by removing and reconstructing the ambulance room. The pit entrance is below the central tower. Officials' baths, paid for by the Company, are on the right. The locker rooms are arranged end to end with the bath house behind them. The exterior of the building is finished in cream-coloured cement rendering. The ground in front is to be planted with suitable trees and shrubs. Opening 6th July, 1934. Accommodation 462 men. Cost £8,580 (equivalent to £18 11 shillings per man accommodated). Architect, J A Dempster ARIBA, Miners' Welfare Committee.
Miners' Welfare Committee, 1935.
