Alfred Cross

Alfred William Stephens Cross (1858–1932)^[1] 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.

Designs

Photo taken in 1896 of Dulwich Public Baths (now Dulwich Leisure Centre).

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)^[2]
Hampstead Baths 1891
Camberwell Baths 1892
Coventry Baths 1890s-1966^{[n 1]}^[3]
Haggerston Baths, Hackney 1904^[4]
Marshall Street Baths (or Westminster Baths) 1931^[5]
Public Baths Finsbury 1931
Public Baths Clyde Street Deptford
Hoxton Baths^[3]
Seymour Place Baths Marylebone
Walthamstow Baths^[3]^[6]
Wandsworth Baths^[3]^[6]
Additions to St John's College Cambridge^{[n 2]}^[7]

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^[1]
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^[8]
Gosport Free Library 1900
Portsmouth Technical Institute 1900
Municipal Dye House Manchester 1903 ( part of the Municipal Technical School )
Merchant Venturers’ Technical College Bristol^[9]
Edward Davies Memorial Chemistry Laboratories, Aberystwyth University 1905^[1]
Restoration of Shoreditch Town Hall 1906
Schools at Finchley, Poplar, Gospel Oak and Kentish Town
Public Library Deptford

Publications

Cross, Alfred W S, History of architecture, I.C.S. reference library, London, International Correspondence Schools, OCLC 7067813
Cross, Alfred William Stephens (1906), Public baths and wash-houses: a treatise on their planning, design, arrangement, and fitting, having special regard to the acts arranging for their provision, with chapters on Turkish, Russian, and other special baths, public laundries, engineering, heating, water supply, etc, Batsford
Cross, Alfred W S (1910), The crowning quality of architecture, Cooper, Wettern & Co., OCLC 80997438
Cross, Alfred W S; Cross, Kenneth M B (1930), Modern public baths and wash-houses : [illust.], London, OCLC 220978759

Notes

^ 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 (Gordon & Inglis 2009, p. 240).
^ Additions included 8 slipper baths, 16 Lassar Baths (showers) with changing cubicles and a boiler house.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Gray, Alexander Stuart; Breach, Jean; Breach, Nicholas (1986), Edwardian architecture: a biographical dictionary, University of Iowa Press, p. 157, ISBN 978-0-87745-136-5
^ Gordon & Inglis 2009, p. 86
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Standing Conference for Local History (1994), The Local historian, Volumes 24-25, National Council of Social Service., p. 148
^ Gordon & Inglis 2009, p. 126
^ Hibbert, Christopher; Weinreb, Ben (2008), The London encyclopaedia (3 ed.), Pan Macmillan, p. 531, ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5
^ ^a ^b Bird, Polly (1993), Making a splash: the history of Dulwich baths, Spencer Mills, p. 11, ISBN 978-0-9521637-0-1
^ Cross & Cross 1930, p. 28 (fig.8)
^ Schofield, Jonathan (2009), Manchester: then and now, Anova Books, p. 55, ISBN 978-1-906388-36-2
^ "Bristol Merchant Venturers' School". The Times. 27 July 1885. p. 7.

Sources

Gordon, Ian; Inglis, Simon (2009), Great Lengths: The historic indoor swimming pools of Britain, English Heritage, ISBN 978-1-905624-52-2

External links

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[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 (Gordon & Inglis 2009, p. 240).

[8] Additions included 8 slipper baths, 16 Lassar Baths (showers) with changing cubicles and a boiler house.

[Gray1986-1] Gray, Alexander Stuart; Breach, Jean; Breach, Nicholas (1986), Edwardian architecture: a biographical dictionary, University of Iowa Press, p. 157, ISBN 978-0-87745-136-5

[Gordon2009-2] Gordon & Inglis 2009, p. 86

[LocalHistory1994-4] Standing Conference for Local History (1994), The Local historian, Volumes 24-25, National Council of Social Service., p. 148

[5] Gordon & Inglis 2009, p. 126

[Hibbert2008-6] Hibbert, Christopher; Weinreb, Ben (2008), The London encyclopaedia (3 ed.), Pan Macmillan, p. 531, ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5

[Bird1993-7] Bird, Polly (1993), Making a splash: the history of Dulwich baths, Spencer Mills, p. 11, ISBN 978-0-9521637-0-1

[9] Cross & Cross 1930, p. 28 (fig.8)

[Schofield2009-10] Schofield, Jonathan (2009), Manchester: then and now, Anova Books, p. 55, ISBN 978-1-906388-36-2

[CS118540539-11] "Bristol Merchant Venturers' School". The Times. 27 July 1885. p. 7.

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