Alfred Cross
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Alfred William Stephens Cross (1858-1932) was a British architect.

From 1889 to 1899 he was in partnership with Henry Spalding
Henry Spalding (architect)
Henry Spalding was a British architect.Spalding was an assistant for William Gilbee Habershon and Edward Habershon from 1857 to 1863...

 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.

Designs

Public Baths
  • Dulwich Baths 1890 (open 1891)
  • Hampstead Baths 1891
  • Camberwell Baths 1892
  • Coventry Baths 1890s-1966Coventry 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 .
  • Haggerston Baths
    Haggerston Baths
    Haggerston Baths in Hackney, London, was opened in 1904 as public baths. The baths were built at a cost of £60,000. There was a single pool, 91 slipper baths and a 60 stall wash house....

    , Hackney 1904
  • Marshall Street Baths
    Marshall Street Baths
    The Marshall Street Baths in Westminster, London, were built in 1850. They were closed for refurbishment in 1997 and re-opened on 27 July 2010 as a modernised leisure centre. The building is noted for its architecture and is Grade II listed.-Background:The first public baths were built on the site...

     (or Westminster Baths) 1931
  • Public Baths Finsbury
    Ironmonger Row Baths
    -Archival records:Islington Local History Centre holds plans, photographs and commemorative material related to Ironmonger Row Baths.-External links:*...

     1931

  • Public Baths Clyde Street Deptford
  • Hoxton Baths
  • Seymour Place Baths Marylebone
  • Walthamstow Baths
  • Wandsworth Baths
  • Additions to St John’s College CambridgeAdditions included 8 slipper baths, 16 Lassar Baths (showers) with changing cubicles and a boiler house.


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
    University of Manchester
    The University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group...

  • Gosport Free Library 1900
  • Portsmouth Technical Institute 1900
  • Municipal Dye House Manchester 1903 ( part of the Municipal Technical School )
  • Merchant Venturers’ Technical College Bristol
  • Davis Memorial Laboratories, University College, Aberystwyth 1905
  • Restoration of Shoreditch Town Hall 1906
  • Schools at Finchley, Poplar, Gospel Oak and Kentish Town
  • Public Library Deptford


Sources

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