Alfred William Stephens Cross (1858–1932)
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 bath
Public baths originated when most people in population centers did not have access to private bathing facilities. Though termed "public", they have often been restricted according to gender, religious affiliation, personal membership, and other cr ...
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Designs
![Fittings for a public laundry](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Fittings_for_a_public_laundry.jpg)
;Public Baths
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Dulwich Baths 1890 (open 1891)
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Hampstead Baths 1891
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Camberwell Baths 1892
*Coventry Baths 1890s-1966
[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 curren]
Coventry Central Baths
on Fairfax Street (opened in 1966), which has a small brick block which housed the filtration tanks .[
*]Haggerston Baths
Haggerston Baths in Hackney, London, was opened in 1904 as public baths. The baths were built at a cost of £60,000. There was a single pool, 91 slipper baths and a 60 stall wash house.
The Grade II listed Haggerston Pool was designed by Alfred ...
, Hackney 1904
*Marshall Street Baths
The Marshall Street Baths (or ''Westminster Public Baths'') in Westminster, London, were built in 1850. They were closed for refurbishment in 1997 and reopened on 27 July 2010 as a modernised leisure centre. The building is noted for its archi ...
(or Westminster Baths) 1931
* Public Baths Finsbury 1931
* Public Baths Clyde Street Deptford
*Hoxton Baths
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* Seymour Place Baths Marylebone
* Walthamstow Baths]
*Wandsworth Baths
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Toponymy
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*Additions to St John's College Cambridge][Additions included 8 slipper baths, 16 Lassar Baths (showers) with changing cubicles and a boiler house.]
;Other works
*Almshouses at Wood Green
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*Remodelling of Stanton Drew Church Stanton may refer to:
Places United Kingdom
;Populated places
* Stanton, Derbyshire, near Swadlincote
* Stanton, Gloucestershire
* Stanton, Northumberland
* Stanton, Staffordshire
* Stanton, Suffolk
* New Stanton, Derbyshire
* Stanton by Br ...
1881
*Restoration of Market Cross, Cheddar
Cheddar Market Cross in the village of Cheddar within the English county of Somerset, England dates from the 15th century. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, and Grade II* listed building.
The stone cross, used to mark the village's market ...
*The Vicarage Easton-in-Gordano 1885
*Glendale Clevedon 1887[
*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]
*Gosport Free Library
Gosport ( ) is a town and non-metropolitan borough on the south coast of Hampshire, South East England. At the 2011 Census, its population was 82,662. Gosport is situated on a peninsula on the western side of Portsmouth Harbour, opposite th ...
1900
*Portsmouth Technical Institute 1900
*Municipal Dye House Manchester 1903 ( part of the Municipal Technical School )
*Merchant Venturers’ Technical College Bristol
Edward Davies Memorial Chemistry Laboratories
Aberystwyth University 1905[
*Restoration of ]Shoreditch Town Hall
Shoreditch Town Hall is a municipal building in Shoreditch, London. It is a Grade II listed building.
History
In the mid-20th century, the vestry board decided to procure a vestry hall for the Parish of St. Leonard's; the site they selected h ...
1906
*Schools at Finchley, Poplar, Gospel Oak and Kentish Town
*Public Library Deptford
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Publications
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See also
*Oskar Lassar
Oskar Lassar (11 January 1849 – 21 December 1907) was a German dermatologist who was a native of Hamburg.
After earning his medical doctorate in 1872, he worked briefly as a hospital assistant at the Berlin Charité. He later started a private ...
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Architects from London
1858 births
1932 deaths
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