Northumberland Baths/City Hall

The building was commissioned to replace the ageing Northumberland Baths on Northumberland Road, which were designed by John Dobson and completed in 1838. The new building was designed by Nicholas & Dixon-Spain and opened on 7 November 1928 as a part of a development which also included the adjacent Newcastle City Hall. The city baths formed the west side of the complex and, like the city hall, the design involved a tall portico with central Doric order columns between flanking antae with five square windows above. In November 2012, Newcastle City Council announced that, as part of a wider cost-cutting process, the future of the City Hall and the adjacent City Baths was under review, with a…