Comments on: At The Bishopsgate Bathhouse https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/07/30/at-the-bishopsgate-bathhouse/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sun, 07 Apr 2024 08:03:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Shelly https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/07/30/at-the-bishopsgate-bathhouse/#comment-1564469 Sun, 07 Apr 2024 08:03:27 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196493#comment-1564469 As a recent graduate of London Metropolitan University, we used this a few times as a typology and reading about the proposed design I strongly oppose the expansion. Must we allow this new structure to encroach upon the already crowded courtyard, surrounded by seemingly looming buildings? This harmonious green enclave holds sacred the echoes of history, once graced by this illustrious bathhouse, now threatened with erasure by vapid, soulless constructions.
Preserving this heritage is paramount, as intact bathhouses dwindle in number. The building, classified as Grade Two listed, warrants stringent laws ensuring that surrounding structures align with its historical integrity. No loopholes should circumvent this imperative.
Moreover, these Grade Two listed edifices serve as magnets for tourism, offering a glimpse into our storied past!

]]> By: Alan https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/07/30/at-the-bishopsgate-bathhouse/#comment-1517838 Tue, 08 Aug 2023 12:10:56 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196493#comment-1517838 Oh City of London. STOP destroying our London history with your greed. Let us mere Londoners seek and enjoy something other than corporaye OFFICES. London as a whole is rammed full of them, and you want even more. Enough. Think of something more appropraite to invest your monies in.
This is architecure at it’s best and all the better for being allowed to be shown off at its BEST.
If you must build knock down something plain and recent. But not this hint of a former world.
Alan
Lifelong resident of Hornsey former Midlessex.

]]> By: Jennifer Newbold https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/07/30/at-the-bishopsgate-bathhouse/#comment-1517026 Tue, 01 Aug 2023 13:04:07 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196493#comment-1517026 Objection submitted:

https://capture.dropbox.com/8hI4pD3lSRZuozXH

Thank you for bringing this most recent abomination to our attention, G.A.

]]> By: C R https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/07/30/at-the-bishopsgate-bathhouse/#comment-1516911 Mon, 31 Jul 2023 11:50:22 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196493#comment-1516911 Reading the list of medicinal baths I’m not surprised that age expectancy used to be far lower.

]]> By: barry john matthews https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/07/30/at-the-bishopsgate-bathhouse/#comment-1516883 Mon, 31 Jul 2023 07:05:37 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196493#comment-1516883 I have objected.

]]> By: Esther Rank https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/07/30/at-the-bishopsgate-bathhouse/#comment-1516857 Sun, 30 Jul 2023 21:27:28 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196493#comment-1516857 Yet another planning notice to object to…spending so much of my life having to do that. Just a note to Bernie above who grew up in Hackney and now lives in Glasgow who says he doesn’t feel qualified. You can object to the planning application and you are qualified. You don’t have to have a London address. Please add your objection if you have time.

]]> By: JULIA SMITH https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/07/30/at-the-bishopsgate-bathhouse/#comment-1516846 Sun, 30 Jul 2023 19:41:49 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196493#comment-1516846 This is a unique building and should be preserved and celebrated , rather than replaced by yet another glass and steel building that is the same as all the others.

]]> By: Malcolm Shifrin https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/07/30/at-the-bishopsgate-bathhouse/#comment-1516836 Sun, 30 Jul 2023 16:26:54 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196493#comment-1516836 Thank you, Gentle Author, for a beautiful piece about a beautiful, unique—and I mean unique—building.

Your many followers are most strongly encouraged to send in a comment on these plans, ensuring that they include the word OBJECTION. This link should lead straight to the appropriate page:
https://www.planning2.cityoflondon.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=makeComment&keyVal=RU6W6HFH0UJ00

Bernie, who comments above, may be in exile in Glasgow, but he has at least the opportunity to use two great Victorian Turkish baths there, though the architectural style is rather different. He can find out about them at
http://www.victorianturkishbath.org/0NOWOPEN/Scotland/1NowSCOTLAND.htm

]]> By: Jennifer Grigg https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/07/30/at-the-bishopsgate-bathhouse/#comment-1516835 Sun, 30 Jul 2023 16:14:09 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196493#comment-1516835 Thank you for drawing our attention to this – I have made my objections.

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/07/30/at-the-bishopsgate-bathhouse/#comment-1516827 Sun, 30 Jul 2023 15:16:38 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196493#comment-1516827 Bear with me, hurling seemingly-off-topic comments from the Hudson River Valley. However, I see a connection here. Many years ago, a Swiss company had plans to build a gigantic cement plant here in the town of Hudson. It would have eclipsed the entire town, provided work for just about ZERO human beings, been a total plight on the region, and would have been the end of the local economy which relies on tourism. Sigh. A David-VS-Goliath campaign ensued and to our great shock, David triumphed. As a result, the crown jewel of our local historic treasures — Olana, home and studio of artist Frederick Church — was preserved and it has become the pivot point for endless (endless!!!) development, progress, community spirit, rampant tourism, and national arts support. And may I add that the design of Olana is very much in the same exotic spirit as the Baths? The moment I saw the first photo, I saw the affinity of the two structures. Inspired by exotica, and graced with tile, stenciling, other motifs. Olana has triumphed, and I have great hopes that the Baths will also. Holding out for a good outcome, and sending best vibes.

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