Alfred Cross
Illustration — Alfred William Stephens Cross Alfred William Stephens Cross (1858–1932) was a British architect. From 1889 to 1899 he was in partnership with Henry Spalding as Spalding and Cross, taking part in many competitions for building design. Cross and his son (Kenneth Mervyn Baskerville Cross, 1890–1968) became specialised in designs for public baths.
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Alfred Cross
William Thomas Pike (d.1924) · Contemporary Biographies, by W.T. Pike (d.1924), including "London at the opening of the Twentieth Century". (Pike's New Century Series no.15). Published in 1905 by W.T. Pike Co., 19 Grand Parade, Br · Public domain
- Born
- 1858 · Royal Borough of Greenwich.
- Died
- 1932 · Marylebone.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · United Kingdom
- Occupation
- architect · writer
- Honours
- Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects
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Illustration — Alfred William Stephens Cross Alfred William Stephens Cross (1858–1932) was a British architect. From 1889 to 1899 he was in partnership with Henry Spalding as Spalding and Cross, taking part in many competitions for building design. Cross and his son (Kenneth Mervyn Baskerville Cross, 1890–1968) became specialised in designs for public baths.
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• Illustration — Photo taken in 1896 of Dulwich Public Baths (now Dulwich Leisure Centre). • Illustration — Illustration from Public Baths and Wash Houses (1906) showing the ideal laundry layout in a public wash house. • Public Baths • Dulwich Baths 1890 (open 1891) • Hampstead Baths 1891 • Camberwell Baths 1892 • Coventry Baths 1890s-1966 • Haggerston Baths, Hackney 1904 • Marshall Street Baths (or Westminster Baths) 1931 • Public Baths Finsbury 1931 • Public Baths Clyde Street Deptford • Hoxton Baths • Seymour Place Baths Marylebone • Walthamstow Baths • Wandsworth Baths • Additions to St John's College Cambridge • Other works • Almshouses at Wood Green • Remodelling of Stanton Drew Church 1881 • Restoration of Market Cross, Cheddar • The Vicarage Easton-in-Gordano 1885 • Glendale Clevedon 1887 • Two hospitals in the West of England • Finalist in the London County Hall Competition 1908 • Headquarters 17th Rifle Volunteers Camden Town 1890 • Mission Premises Kentish Town 1891 • Congregational Church and School Hall Finchley Road 1891 • Church West Hampstead • Church Harlesden • Artisans’ Dwellings Manchester • Schools at Cricklewood, Hendon, New Barnet and West Hampstead • Municipal College of Technology, Manchester • Gosport Free Library 1900 • Portsmouth Technical Institute 1900 • Municipal Dye House Manchester 1903 (part of the Municipal Technical School) • Merchant Venturers’ Technical College Bristol • Edward Davies Memorial Chemistry Laboratories, Aberystwyth University 1905 • Restoration of Shoreditch Town Hall 1906 • Schools at Finchley, Poplar, Gospel Oak and Kentish Town • Public Library Deptford
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Contemporary Biographies, by W.T. Pike (d.1924), including "London at the opening of the Twentieth Century". (Pike's New Century Series no.15). Published in 1905 by W.T. Pike Co., 19 Grand Parade, Brighton. The volumes in this series each contain an illustrated section about the county, followed by a long list of short biographies (each with a photographic portrait) of men of the county who were
William Thomas Pike (d.1924) · Contemporary Biographies, by W.T. Pike (d.1924), including "London at the opening of the Twentieth Century". (Pike's New Century Series no.15). Published in 1905 by W.T. Pike Co., 19 Grand Parade, Br
Contemporary Biographies, by W.T. Pike (d.1924), including "London at the opening of the Twentieth Century". (Pike's New Century Series no.15). Published in 1905 by W.T. Pike Co., 19 Grand Parade, Brighton. The volumes in this series each contain an illustrated section about the county, followed by a long list of short biographies (each with a photographic portrait) of men of the county who were
William Thomas Pike (d.1924) · Contemporary Biographies, by W.T. Pike (d.1924), including "London at the opening of the Twentieth Century". (Pike's New Century Series no.15). Published in 1905 by W.T. Pike Co., 19 Grand Parade, Br
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- 1.Gray, Alexander Stuart. Edwardian architecture: a biographical dictionary. University of Iowa Press. 157. 1986. 978-0-87745-136-5.
- 2.Gordon, Inglis, 2009, p=86
- 3.Coventry Baths were damaged during the blitz of 1940 and demolished in 1966. The only remaining evidence of the building can be found in the car park opposite the current Coventry Central Baths on Fairfax Street (opened in 1966), which has a small brick block which housed the filtration tanks .
- 4.Gordon, Inglis, 2009, p=126
- 5.Hibbert, Christopher. The London encyclopaedia. Pan Macmillan. 531. 2008. 978-1-4050-4924-5.
- 6.National Council of Social Service. The Local historian, Volumes 24-25. 148. 1994.
- 7.Bird, Polly. Making a splash: the history of Dulwich baths. Spencer Mills. 11. 1993. 978-0-9521637-0-1.
- 8.Additions included 8 slipper baths, 16 Lassar Baths (showers) with changing cubicles and a boiler house.
- 9.Cross, Cross, 1930, p=28 (fig.8)
- 10.Schofield, Jonathan. Manchester: then and now. Anova Books. 55. 2009. 978-1-906388-36-2.
- 11.Bristol Merchant Venturers' School. The Times. 7. 27 July 1885.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Gordon, Ian. Great Lengths: The historic indoor swimming pools of Britain. English Heritage. 2009. 978-1-905624-52-2.
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