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Welby Street, MANCHESTER, M13 0EL

When built, this was considered a rather superior area in which to live. The Victoria Baths on the right added a touch of splendour. After many years of steady decline, the area is being rejuvenated and the Baths are the subject of a multi-million pound renovation.

Detail from one of the stained glass windows in the Turkish Rest Room at Victoria Baths.

Segregation in swimming and bathing both by gender and by class was normal procedure at the beginning of the twentieth century. Where an establishment had only one or two pools, segregation would take place by giving each class of user a different day of the week. At Victoria Baths, there were three separate entrances, separate swimming pools and separate wash baths for Males 1st Class, Males 2nd Class and Females. In 1906, it cost 6d to use the 1st Class facilities compared to 4d for the 2nd Class. Each pool had its own entrance with elaborate terracotta carving to indicate which was which.

The Baths opened to the public in 1906 and cost £59,144 to build. Manchester City Council closed the baths in 1993 and the building was left derelict. A multi-million-pound restoration project began in 2007. Since 2009 the building has been on English Heritage's Heritage at Risk Register.

Attendees queuing outside the Victorian Baths as they wait to enter the 2022 IMBC (Independent Manchester Beer Conference).

A Tudor-Gothic terrace of twelve houses, arranged in six pairs, built c1850. Grade II listed.

Victoria Baths has three pools. Two of which were for men only "Males 1st Class"(which cost 6d to enter in 1906), "Males 2nd Class" (which cost 4d in 1906) and a 3rd pool, "Females". Each pool had its own entrance with elaborate terracotta carving to indicate which was which. The Females entrance is now used by visitors viewing the project which is open to the public each every Wednesday afternoon from 2pm during the months from April to October.