{"id":47455,"date":"2026-07-24T18:15:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T17:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=47455"},"modified":"2026-07-31T17:30:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T16:30:40","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-another-chance-for-carlisles-victorian-and-turkish-baths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=47455","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Another chance for Carlisle\u2019s Victorian and Turkish Baths"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/a070a4d0cff28adddef6cffe7\/images\/f112e279-8125-8d33-0bb6-07bacc8eb904.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><sub>image for illustration:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/us.list-manage.com\/x3HDLq6B29r?e=588ae0ea75&amp;c2id=201383fed3cff2b950610ac093a51ab1\">Carlisle\u2019s Victorian and Turkish Baths<\/a>\u00a0by Markmclellan,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/us.list-manage.com\/19MG3VONfQL?e=588ae0ea75&amp;c2id=201383fed3cff2b950610ac093a51ab1\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Charity receives grant to progress plans for a sustainable future for Carlisle\u2019s Victorian and Turkish Baths, reports <em>Northwest Bylines.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><u>Northwest Bylines<\/u><\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The charity working to reopen Carlisle\u2019s Victorian and Turkish Baths is continuing its viability study with the support of a grant from the Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF)\u2026 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\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only 13 working Turkish Baths remain in the country\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026 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\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leader of Cumberland Council, Cllr Mark Fryer, said: \u2018This grant is a really important step in developing the plans that will secure a sustainable future for Carlisle\u2019s Victorian and Turkish Baths\u2026\u2019<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/northwestbylines.co.uk\/lifestyle\/culture-language-and-religion\/another-chance-for-carlisles-victorian-and-turkish-baths\/\">https:\/\/northwestbylines.co.uk\/lifestyle\/culture-language-and-religion\/another-chance-for-carlisles-victorian-and-turkish-baths\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration:\u00a0Carlisle\u2019s Victorian and Turkish Baths\u00a0by Markmclellan,\u00a0CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Charity receives grant to progress plans for a sustainable future for Carlisle\u2019s Victorian and Turkish Baths, reports Northwest Bylines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47455"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47547,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47455\/revisions\/47547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}