image for illustration: Carlisle’s Victorian and Turkish Baths by Markmclellan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Charity receives grant to progress plans for a sustainable future for Carlisle’s Victorian and Turkish Baths, reports Northwest Bylines.
Northwest Bylines writes:
The charity working to reopen Carlisle’s Victorian and Turkish Baths is continuing its viability study with the support of a grant from the Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF)… will enable the Friends of Carlisle Victorian and Turkish Baths to further develop their plans for a sustainable future for the historic James Street baths as a health and wellbeing centre with the Turkish Baths at its heart….
Only 13 working Turkish Baths remain in the country…
… The Friends vision is to develop the Victorian public baths to add more spa facilities to complement the Grade II listed Turkish Baths. Treatment rooms and studios would increase the health and wellbeing offer, and the charity also wants to open an affordable laundry and community hub…
… The Friends are working closely with Cumberland Council to secure a community asset transfer which will allow the charity to apply for larger grants to fund the renovation of the heritage building.
Leader of Cumberland Council, Cllr Mark Fryer, said: ‘This grant is a really important step in developing the plans that will secure a sustainable future for Carlisle’s Victorian and Turkish Baths…’
https://northwestbylines.co.uk/lifestyle/culture-language-and-religion/another-chance-for-carlisles-victorian-and-turkish-baths/
