Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan

From Lake to Lido. Top: The original Bathing Lake 1911, Loobey Collection. Bottom: Tooting Bec Lido today, Sue Cutler Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 2

Tooting Bec Lido Contents 1. Introduction 3 Heritage Conservation a. Background and purpose of the plan 3 and Interpretation Plan b. Site description 5 2. Statement of significance 6 a. Historical value 6 Prepared by Margy Sullivan for the b. Aesthetic value 7 South London Swimming Club c. Technical value 7 d. Communal value 8 3. The interpretive resource 9 a. The history of Tooting Bec Lido 9 b. The pool 11 c. The original entrance arches 11 d. The changing cubicles 11 e. The pump room and purification plant 11 f. The South London Swimming Club 12 g. The social history of the Lido 12 4. Existing interpretation 13 a. Websites 13 b. Historical publications 14 c. Events and guided walks 14 d. Newsletters and leaflets 14 e. History boards 14 5. Heritage at risk 15 6. Opportunities 17 a. The Lido Improvement Project 17 b. The Heritage Project 19 7. Heritage conservation and Lynn Selwyn-Reeves interpretation – visions and plans 21 a. The original entrance arches 21 b. The changing cubicles 24 c. The commemoration wall 26 d. The pump room 29 e. Archiving 31 f. Website 33 g. Events and activities 35 8. Audience 37 9. Evaluation and monitoring 39 10. Bibliography 40 Appendices 41 Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 3

1. Introduction

a. Background and purpose of the plan Wandsworth Council has won initial funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for a project to explore the cultural and natural heritage of Tooting Common. The project – called the Tooting Common Heritage Project – involves restoring biodiversity and habitats, unravelling hidden history, conserving and restoring heritage features, teaching people about the Common’s rich past and biodiversity and providing volunteering opportunities that will help people gain skills they can use in the future. View from the deep end, Alex McFadyen This Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan has been developed by the South London Swimming Club to guide the conservation and interpretation of Tooting Bec Lido and its “At 100 yards long and heritage for the enjoyment of future generations. It outlines 33 yards wide, the pool how the historical, architectural and social heritage of Tooting Bec Lido will be made more understandable and accessible to contains one million visitors of all ages following the completion of the restoration work that will take place, subject to funding, as part of the gallons of water.” Tooting Common Heritage Project. 

Photo shoot for Less Bounce, 2008, © Less Bounce Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 4

The Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan will complement a phase-two HLF Heritage Grant application, alongside RIBA Stage D architectural drawings and a project narrative outlining the restoration work to Tooting Bec Lido. The HLF’s Conservation Plan Guidance and Interpretation Good-Practice Guidance have been followed when developing this plan, which has also been informed by comprehensive consultation for both Tooting Bec Lido and Tooting Common as a whole.

Swimmer at the SLSC UK Cold Water Swimming Championships 2013, Kieran Doherty

“… unravelling hidden history, conserving and restoring heritage features …”

Fountain and new entrance, Carl Reynolds and Kate Webb Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 5

“One of the few b. Site description Tooting Bec Lido is situated on the eastern side of Tooting remaining public Common, in the London Borough of Wandsworth. The site is separated from the Common by an earth mound, now open-air swimming overgrown with self-seeded bushes and mature trees. The pools in London, the south end of the site is close to Tooting Bec Road, where there are provisions for parking on common land. The western and Lido dates back to northern edges of the site abut the Common while the eastern edge runs alongside a railway cutting. The site is enclosed 1906. The original by a continuous metal railing and its total area amounts to approximately 11,200 sq m. Facilities on site include the main Bathing Lake has 100-yard pool, a paddling pool, sunbathing areas, a café, shower and toilet blocks and the changing cubicles. (See site been developed over plan in Appendix 1.) the years, reflecting One of the few remaining public open-air swimming pools in London, the Lido dates back to 1906. The original Bathing Lake the changing styles of has been developed over the years, reflecting changing styles of lido design. The 1906 entrance follows the Arts and Crafts lido design.” design principles of graceful curves and high-quality materials and craftsmanship. The pump house, added in 1931, is in the simple utilitarian style of its time, while the café and fountain, added in 1936, are Art Deco, the style most associated with lidos of the era. The brightly coloured cubicles, reminiscent of beach huts, lend a seaside air to this urban oasis, while the curves and rendered form of the new entrance at the shallow end, built in 2002, echo classic lido designs of the previous century.

The opening ceremony, 28 July 1906, London Metropolitan Archives Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 6

2. Statement of significance

A notable and popular historic leisure feature in south-west “The Lido has London, Tooting Bec Lido originated as – and remains – the largest freshwater open-air pool in England and one of the remained open all largest in Europe, at 100 yards long. It is believed to be the earliest purpose-built pool in a London green open space. year round since it Although unlisted, the site, by virtue of its position and eclectic opened in 1906, even design, makes an important contribution to the local area and especially to Tooting Common. It is of national importance during both World and exceptional significance, in terms of its historical, aesthetic, technical and communal value. Wars.” a. Historical value Tooting Bec Lido is one of the oldest lidos still in operation in the United Kingdom. As such, it is an early example of the growing importance of leisure and more informal approaches towards it, and has remained open all year round since it was built in 1906, even during both World Wars. During the 1980s, when most of the lidos in London closed, Tooting Bec Lido survived, thanks to the determination of the South London Swimming Club. The Club went on to take over the running of the pool through the winter months in the 1990s.

The original Bathing Lake, 1911, Loobey Collection Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 7

b. Aesthetic value Tooting Bec Lido is an interesting example of the architecture of leisure and reflects social and architectural developments in 20th century Britain. The vast expanse of blue water, surrounded by trees, ringing with birdsong and reflecting the eclectic architecture of the Lido buildings, adds to the significance of the site. The distinctive, colourful doors of the changing cubicles, so evocative of the seaside and virtually a trade mark for Tooting Bec Lido, make an exquisite and photogenic backdrop for many filming projects. Tooting Bec Lido was used as a location for the filmSnatch and more recently ITV’s detective series Endeavour. It also appears regularly in advertisements and fashion shoots, and featured in Sport England’s high-profileThis Girl Can campaign. c. Technical value The pump room contains the water filtration, aeration and sterilisation plant, installed in 1931 and still in use today, purifying the one million gallons of Lido water. The plant This Girl Can campaign poster, 2015, Sport England was installed by Royles Engineering Ltd of Irlam, Manchester, whose chairman Oliver Matthews Row had patented the system of swimming pool water purification by aeration and filtration in 1910. His system was used throughout the world for many years after his death in 1926. The aerator or fountain at the Lido’s shallow end is a vital element of this system and a distinctive feature of lidos of this era. This surviving plant is of immense technical interest, which heightens the importance of Tooting Bec Lido as an integrated functioning whole.

“Installed in 1931, the aerator or fountain at the shallow end is a distinctive feature of lidos of this era.” The aerator or fountain at the shallow end, Alex McFadyen Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 8

“The partnership d. Communal value Tooting Bec Lido is highly valued in the local community as a between the SLSC and safe and stimulating environment in which children and adults can play, socialise, keep fit, relax, learn new skills, have fun and the Lido has offered a gain a sense of physical and emotional well-being. blue print for creating The Lido has been the headquarters of the South London Swimming Club (SLSC) since it opened in 1906. Members and sustaining a of the SLSC make use of the pool all year round. There is valuable community a tradition of competitive but inclusive swimming, with handicapped races every week of the year. The Club’s facility.” Christmas day races and persistence in the face of ice and snow are often publicised, but it is the normality of the members swimming every day in cold water that the Club has fought so persistently over the years to retain. The mid-1990s saw a noticeable increase in the popularity of open-water swimming and triathlons. With far fewer lidos to meet demand, the SLSC began to explore ways to encourage these trends. Proposals for the first significant development since the 1930s resulted in the construction of the paddling pool in 1999, followed three years later by a new entrance that opens onto the wide shallow-end terrace. Moving the entrance from the deep end and siting the paddling pool away from the main pool have made the Lido a safer and more Cyril Wood wins the Burton Cup, Christmas Day 1951, SLSC collection attractive place for children and families. In 2006 the SLSC celebrated its centenary – and the Lido’s – with a series of events aimed at promoting the pool as a perfect venue for community recreation. Over the years, the partnership between the SLSC and the Lido has offered a blue print for creating and sustaining a valuable community facility.

The SLSC UK Cold Water Swimming Championships 2013, Kieran Doherty. Dive-in Movies poster, 2006, Susan Rentoul Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 9

3. The interpretive resource

“Nearly 400 men were a. The history of Tooting Bec Lido Tooting Bec Open Air Bathing Lake opened on 28 July 1906. paid 7d an hour.” The brainchild of the Reverend John Hendry Anderson, Rector of Tooting and Chairman of the Works Committee of the Central Unemployment Body for London, and former Mayor of Wandsworth, it was an early example of a work creation scheme. Nearly 400 men were paid 7d an hour, a penny more than London County Council’s standard rate because the work was considered more physically demanding than usual. The work took four months from March to July 1906. The Lake was dug by hand using picks and shovels and the soil shifted by wheelbarrow to the surrounding embankment which hid the Lake from the Common. To seal the Lake’s floor, Portland cement was laid on bitumous sheeting, while the sides were concreted using timber form work. Stone flagging was then The opening ceremony, 28 July 1906, used for the Lake’s surround. London Metropolitan Archives

Building Tooting Bathing Lake, spring 1906, Wandsworth Heritage Service Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 10

Initially a rudimentary Bathing Lake, with simple changing shelters on the eastern (railway) side, it became a lido in the 1930s, the golden era of lidos. In 1931 the filtration system, including the aerator or fountain at the shallow end, was installed to keep the water clean – it is still in use today. In 1936 the café opened and, with the advent of mixed bathing, changing cubicles with doors were added. Toilets and shower blocks were also installed. Originally painted green, the cubicle doors acquired their current bright colour scheme in 1981. Since then, the brightly painted doors have become the most recognisable feature of Paddling pool, Alex McFadyen the Lido. A paddling pool was built in 1999, and in 2002 a new entrance and shower and toilet blocks were added at the shallow end of the pool, the opposite end to the original entrance, in part to conform with health and safety regulations. In 2007 an extensive refurbishment scheme included the relining of the pool tank, renewal of the water filtration drainage system and a complete facelift for the pool surrounds.

Opening of the new shallow-end entrance, May 2002, Wandsworth Council Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 11

b. The pool At 100 yards long and 33 yards wide, the swimming pool contains one million gallons of water, making it the largest freshwater pool in England. c. The original entrance arches The earliest structure on the site is the original Arts and Crafts entrance at the deep end. This consisted of three arches and View from the deep end, Sue Cutler curved retaining walls that allowed the entrance to pass through the mound separating the Lido from the Common. The arches were built at the same time as the Lake and can be seen in photographs of the opening ceremony on 28 July 1906. “The cubicles d. The changing cubicles The eastern and western sides of the pool are lined with remain in full and wooden changing cubicles, whose brightly painted doors enthusiastic use by perhaps define most clearly the ambience of the Lido. The cubicles remain in full and enthusiastic use by swimmers and swimmers and are are the iconic symbol of Tooting Bec Lido. the iconic symbol of e. The pump room and purification plant The water treatment building or pump room, a simple Tooting Bec Lido.” rectangular building added in 1931, contains the original water purification system, which is still in use today.

Diving boards and original entrance, 1910, SLSC collection Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 12

f. The South London Swimming Club The history of the Lido is shared by the South London Swimming Club, which was formed within weeks of the Bathing Lake’s opening. In August 1906 the Club sought permission from the London County Council to use the new Lake as its headquarters and it has played an active role in the life of the Lido ever since. The Club’s formal objectives were “to provide tuition in swimming and diving, to promote classes for teaching lifesaving and diving and to encourage healthy exercise and social intercourse”. The club organised weekly races from the start, and the Christmas Day trophy, introduced in 1908, is After the Sunday morning race, 1980s, SLSC collection hotly competed for to this day. g. The social history of the Lido For many locals Tooting Bec Lido is important as a place to meet people and relax with friends. It evokes fond memories and a sense of belonging to a community and place, whether through occasional visits, attending events or joining the SLSC or other clubs that have come and gone over the past century.

Case history – Yvonne and Cyril Wood Yvonne was born in Balham and has been going to Tooting Bec Lido for as long as she can remember. Her first visits were with her father and brothers, Derek and Jack Berry, who competed in SLSC races from boyhood. Cyril attended the same school as the Berry siblings and was best friends with Jack. He took his first plunge in “the Bec” as a teenager, and started swimming all year round with the express purpose of courting sports, running and swimming. He invited fellow Yvonne. They married in 1948 and Yvonne’s father enthusiasts to run seven miles from the Bec to commented that Cyril was not joining a family, the Serpentine, have a swim and then run back but a swimming squad. to the Bec. After a final swim, they tucked into a delicious breakfast prepared by Yvonne. This Cyril and Yvonne had twins, Helen and Graham, became an annual event for the next 25 years! and moved away from the area in 1960 as the children grew. A holiday in the Isles of Scilly Both Cyril and Yvonne swam in the UK Cold Water brought back memories of the cold water of Swimming Championships at the Lido and took the Lido and by 1974 they were back there, part in the SLSC Sunday morning races into their swimming regularly. They also joined the 90s. Whatever activity they took part in, they Serpentine Swimming Club in Hyde Park. always made friends. Cyril died in December 2014 and is much missed by SLSC members and When Cyril retired in 1983 he decided to mark the wider Lido community. Yvonne is still going the event by combining his two favourite strong at the age of 93. Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 13

4. Existing interpretation

There is currently a limited range of interpretation about Tooting Bec Lido, its history and architecture. a. Websites The South London Swimming Club (SLSC) website (www.slsc.org.uk) contains a small amount of historical information about Tooting Bec Lido. Other websites that mention the Lido include: en.wikipedia.org – the free encyclopedia www.lidos.org.uk – a site compiled by Oliver Merrington about UK lidos www.LondonTown.com – a site for visitors to London Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 14

b. Historical publications Liquid Assets – The lidos and open air swimming pools of Britain by Janet Smith, long-standing SLSC member and local historian, published by English Heritage in 2005 as part of the Played in London series. Tooting Bec Lido by Janet Smith, published by SLSC in 1996.

Liquid Assets by Janet Smith There are brief mentions of the Lido in a number of historical London guides – for example, Vintage London, The London Encyclopedia, Swimming London and Eccentric London. c. Events and guided walks Tooting Bec Lido is part of Open House London, the capital’s largest annual festival to promote public awareness and appreciation of building design and architecture. The SLSC publishes a short guide for Open House visitors to the Lido each year and members volunteer to act as guides and speak to visitors. d. Newsletters and leaflets The SLSC produces newsletters and leaflets to keep members and the public informed of developments in the Club and at the Lido. e. History boards The SLSC has a montage of information boards at the Lido Swimming London by Jenny Landreth displaying a brief history of the Lido and the Club, prepared by local historian Janet Smith.

“Tooting Bec Lido is THE BUILDING OF THE POOL This photograph of the digging out and building of Tooting Bathing Lake suggests that all the work was done TOOTING BEC LIDO manually. Planks of wood part of Open House are used as walkways for the wheelbarrows and for making Tooting Bathing Lake, as the Lido was the shuttering along the sides originally called, opened to the public on of the pool. The tank was lined Saturday 28 July 1906. with bituminous sheeting, to make it watertight, and then Situated on Tooting Bec Common, it had been covered in slabs of Portland London.” built by some 400 unemployed men in a little cement. The labourers, mostly over four months. It was the first open-air pool local men, were paid 7d an on London County Council land and had been hour (about 3p), giving them designed by the Wandsworth Borough Surveyor, a weekly wage of about 25 H J Marten. The pool’s enormous size – 100 x 33 shillings (£1.25). yards – was partly to cater for a rapidly increasing local population, many of whom did not have a bath at home. Club (SLSC) was formed. It immediately wrote to the London County Council, asking permission Entry to the pool was free until 1931, when a to hold weekly swimming races at the lake. They charge of 6d (less than 3p) for adults and 3d for still take place every Sunday. children was introduced. THE REVEREND J H ANDERSON So began an enduring relationship with the local The lake became a “lido” in the mid-1930s when authority (now Wandsworth Council). During the The Reverend John Hendry the term was popularly used to describe a large 1990s, the Council handed the pool over to the Anderson was Rector of pool with a café and sunbathing area. Today, SLSC to run during the winter months, ensuring Tooting (1897-1913), Mayor Tooting Bec Lido is one of only ten surviving that it stayed open off-season. purpose-built lidos in London out of a one-time of Wandsworth (1904-05) total of about seventy. It is the biggest outdoor In January 2006, as part of and Chairman of the Works pool in the capital. the centenary celebrations, Committee of the Central the SLSC organised the first Unemployed Body for London. Less than a month after the opening, on UK Cold Water Swimming It was his concern for the 16 August 1906, the South London Swimming Championships at Tooting Bec welfare of the unemployed Lido. They were such a success that gave him the idea of that in 2008 the Lido became building a swimming pool on the venue for the World Cold Water Swimming Tooting Common. Through Championships – the first time they had been his various official posts, he held outside Finland. Hundreds of swimmers was able to see the project from around the world plunged into the chilly through. At the opening 4°C (39°F) water. On 24 January 2015 Tooting ceremony, he expressed the Bec Lido once again played host to the UK Cold hope that the pool would be Water Swimming Championships – see “a benefit to the public for a www.slsc.org.uk. long time to come”. Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 15

5. Heritage at risk

The earliest structure on the site is the original entrance, consisting of a triple arch with curved retaining walls. In the 1930s this structure was badly compromised by the addition of toilet blocks on both sides – these were insensitively sliced into the outer piers of the arches and the retaining walls. This entrance is now in a sad state of repair and is due to be demolished to make way for the new Lido Pavilion. The water treatment room was built next to the entrance in 1931. The filtration plant installed at the time is a fine example of British engineering and is among the oldest water filtration plants still in use. The foundations of the plant room have recently been repaired to help secure the structure. As a result of interventions over the years, the iconic changing cubicles lack continuity and symmetry. Some have been removed and the remainder are interspersed with old shower and toilet blocks, now used as stores or cramped shelters for lifeguards. The cubicles are also interrupted by a shelter on

The old entrance, Susan Rentoul the east side and an open area on the west, where there are benches dedicated to the memory of past Lido enthusiasts.

Tooting Bec Lido, 1970s, Loobey Collection Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 16

The long association between the South London Swimming Club (SLSC) and Tooting Bec Lido gains vivid expression through the longevity of many of it members. The Club holds races throughout the year and over the decades many members have donated trophies for the winners. There are now nearly 100 trophies that are competed for at different times of year. The oldest prize is the Christmas day trophy, the Burton Cup, donated to the Club in 1908. When a trophy is presented, one of the older club members often tells the assembled swimmers about its provenance, recalling personalities and events from the past. The Burton Cup, 1960s, SLSC collection The increasing age of club members puts this rich oral history at critical risk. Historical material is scattered among Lido users and SLSC members and is at risk of being lost or forgotten.

The Burton Cup and Jenny Kinnaird Trophy, 2011, The Burton Cup, 1908, SLSC collection SLSC collection

“The oldest prize is the Christmas day trophy, the Burton Cup, donated to the Club in 1908.” Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 17

6. Opportunities

“Improve long-term a. The Lido Improvement Project The South London Swimming Club (SLSC) has initiated the sustainability of the Lido Improvement Project, of which the Heritage Project is an integral part. Funds have been secured in the form of a grant Lido while promoting from Sport England for a new Lido Pavilion to be constructed at the southern end of the site. This will provide an indoor its seaside charm.” sports and meeting hall for organisations based around Tooting Common. The building will also include much needed facilities for lifeguards and other site staff. Aims and objectives • Improve long-term sustainability of the Lido while promoting its seaside charm. • Provide an indoor space for Lido users and enhance opportunities for events. • Provide much needed facilities for Lido staff. • Increase the potential for out-of-season and off-peak activity at the Lido. • Increase capacity to maximise revenue in summer.

View of the proposed new pavilion from the pool, David Gibson Architects Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 18

Consultation The centenary celebrations of 2006 prompted the SLSC to consider the next 100 years and what the Lido might mean to future generations. Part of the process was an Open Forum in May 2011, followed by a survey and a “Paint the Future” event, 1. Improved Security Monitored CCTV and motion sensor lights are being proposed. Do you think this is a good use of SLSC funds? when SLSC members painted, drew or wrote down their Strongly agree Agree visions of how the Lido might look in one, ten and 100 years’ Unsure Disagree time. Strongly disagree

2. SLSC Clubhouse Proposed Clubhouse – a useful resource for the Club? What do you think of Many members suggested improving the Lido’s facilities, the concept? Very good so the SLSC has instigated the Lido Improvement Project to Good Unsure redevelop the run-down original entrance at the deep end Poor idea No way of the pool and build the new Lido Pavilion. This will help 3. Floodlighting Installing oodlights would enable longer opening hours (earlier in the winter, ensure the future of Tooting Bec Lido, making it even more later in summer). Do you agree with this recommendation? Strongly agree attractive, both for swimmers and the wider community, and Agree Unsure strengthening the SLSC’s position at the heart of Lido life. The Disagree Strongly disagree Lido Pavilion’s sports hall will allow for better provision of a 4. A Carbon Neutral Lido Any improvements made to the Lido are done with the aim of the facility being variety of sporting activities at the Lido for SLSC members and carbon neutral and taking the environment into account. How important is this to you? the wider community. As well as being a venue for fitness and Very important Important sports classes, it will serve as headquarters for the SLSC, where Unsure Of little importance it can hold events, meetings and activities. I don’t care

5. SLSC bids to run the Lido In 2014 the contract to run the Lido comes to an end. Do you believe SLSC The SLSC’s “Paint the Future” event also highlighted the value should bid to run the Lido? Strongly agree that members place on the continuity of the Lido’s heritage – Agree Unsure in particular, the way that the history of the people who use Disagree Strongly disagree the Lido is helping to shape its future. 6. Membership fees Some of the options above may require a change in membership fees in due course. How much should the fees be? As part of an ongoing commitment to ensure that Lido £100 £125 (the current level) stakeholders are involved in the development of the Lido £150 £175 £200 Improvement Project and can contribute to the restoration Results of The next 100 years survey, 2011, SLSC and conservation of heritage features, the SLSC has consulted its members, the wider Lido community, Tooting Common Management Advisory Committee and Friends of Tooting Common through surveys (Appendix 2), public presentations, Key findings of the Tooting Common exhibition boards and communications. Household Survey, 2015. These consultations have informed the proposals for • The area where the Lido is the Heritage Project and the continuing consultation situated is the most frequently and evaluation will inform the delivery of the Heritage used area of the Common. Conservation and Interpretation Plan. • A third of the 749 respondents use the Lido. “The Lido is the highest rated • The Lido is the highest rated heritage feature on Tooting heritage feature on Tooting Common. Common.” Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 19

b. The Heritage Project Aims and objectives • Conservation of the historical records of Tooting Bec Lido and its users, with improved accessibility. • Repair and conservation of poolside buildings and their interpretation. To complement the Lido Improvement Project, the Heritage Vision of the future Lido, Miranda Payne Project will ensure that the Lido’s structures and landscaped areas are conserved to an equally high standard as the new Lido Pavilion, so that the history of the Lido’s development

Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Survey and the historical context within which the new facility will This survey will inform the Tooting Common Heritage Project and Wandsworth Council’s bid for Heritage Lottery Funding. Tooting Bec Lido is part of this project. To help plan improvements we are keen to discover what Lido users and the local community know and think about Tooting Bec Lido. operate, are fully understood by Lido and Common users, and

1. Are you a member of the South London 6. How important is it to protect the heritage of the wider local community. Swimming Club? Tooting Bec Lido? Yes No Very important Important 2. How often do you visit Tooting Bec Lido? Not very important I don’t know The main improvements planned as part of the HFL-funded Summer Season (May to September) 7. Heritage at Tooting Bec Lido is a combination Most days Weekly of architecture, technology, history, community engagement and outdoor swimming. How Occasionally Never Heritage Project are : important do you think it is to preserve and Winter Season (October to April) promote this heritage? Most days Weekly Architecture: the pool and its constituent parts Occasionally Never including plant room, cubicles, etc. Very important Important • Reconstruction of the entrance arches – these date 3. On average, how much time do you spend at Tooting Bec Lido during a typical visit? Not very important I don’t know Less than an hour Between 1-2 hours History: its creation (by Reverend Anderson) and from 1906 and will connect the pump house and the evolution over the years Between 2-4 hours More than 4 hours Very important Important 4. How long have you been coming to Tooting Not very important I don’t know new Lido Pavilion. The reconstruction plans include Bec Lido? Society: how generations use this urban beach Months Years and support it spring, summer, autumn and an historical display about the Reverend John Hendry 5. What do you know about Tooting Bec Lido’s winter heritage? Tick those that you knew before Very important Important doing this survey. Not very important I don’t know Anderson, the local rector and alderman responsible for It is over 100 years old Swimming: a centre for cold water and long Conceived as a community project by distance swimming in the great outdoors the creation of the pool. Reverend Anderson in 1906 Very important Important Built by the unemployed of Wandsworth Not very important I don’t know Largest fresh water swimming pool in Europe South London Swimming Club’s home since 1906 Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Survey SurveyMonkey Home to winter swimmers for over 100 years First venue outside Finland to host the World Cold Water Swimming Championships Q14 How strongly do you associate Tooting 1 Bec Lido with the wider Tooting Common? (Tick one only)

June 2015 Answered: 284 Skipped: 39 Issue 16 one hundred Your Tooting Bec Lido update from the South Londonyards Swimming Club Very strongly Celebrating the Lido’s unique heritage Tooting Bec Lido is to play a key role in a project to Strongly explore the cultural and some of the Common’s best loved historical features. natural heritage of Tooting The club will also focus Common. The project is working on historical research, Wandworth Council has in partnership with local the influential people received initial backing from community groups to restore responsible for the Slightly the Heritage Lottery Fund heritage landscape and creation of “the Bathing for the Tooting Common architecture, to uncover the Lake”, how it has evolved Heritage Project and will history of the Common and over the past 110 years apply for a full grant later this to raise awareness of its rich and the stories of those year. The plan is to revitalise biodiversity. who have used the Lido. ”You can take Neutral part by sending us information, memories and photographs.” Not really As part of the project, the South London Swimming Club plans to highlight the historical features of Tooting Bec Lido. Most of this work will take place once the new You can take part by Not at all Lido Pavilion is built (see sending information, back page) as the next stage memories and in the Lido photographs of the Improvement Lido to [email protected] Project. 1 Opening times at Tooting Bec Lido until 31 August – 6am to 8pm (last swim 7.30pm) Don't know 1 September to 30 September – 6am (or dawn) to 5pm (last swim 4.30pm)

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Answer Choices Responses

Very strongly 29.23% 83

Strongly 43.66% 124

Slightly 19.01% 54

Neutral 4.93% 14

Not really 2.11% 6

Not at all 1.06% 3

Don't know 0.00% 0

Total 284

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• Views into filtration plant – installed in 1931, the filtration system operates with the original equipment. As part of the heritage work, views will be opened up into the pump house and interpretation panels will be mounted on the wall facing the Lido’s south terrace. • Renovation of poolside cubicles and shelters – new, matching cubicles will be added where possible. All other cubicles and shelters will be maintained, retaining their simple construction and bold colour scheme. • Extension of western terrace – the sunbathing area along the western edge of the pool is to be enlarged “A full biodiversity by reclaiming part of the wooded mound behind it. It is proposed that the achievements of late SLSC members survey and ecological should be commemorated on the new retaining wall. assessment have • Improved cycle parking – large numbers of Lido users arrive by bike, so further public cycle parking is planned been undertaken to at the main entrance, along with a new cycle parking area near the deep-end entrance used by SLSC members in ensure the natural the winter. environment is • Digitising and safeguarding the Lido archives – there are plans for cataloguing and digitising collections of preserved.” historical material so that they can be accessed and used. In addition, a safe archive repository will be established for precious historical materials. • Creation of dedicated historical website – this will ensure digitised collections of heritage material relating to Tooting Bec Lido are easily accessible to all. In addition to the specific projects listed above, the natural environment surrounding the pool is to be maintained. A full biodiversity survey and ecological assessment have been undertaken to ensure the natural environment is preserved (Appendices 3 and 4). Carrying out the heritage construction work as a continuation of the Lido Pavilion project presents opportunities for cost savings. At the same time, the momentum created by the Lido Improvement Project will build enthusiasm among volunteers Lido panorama, Alex McFadyen and contributors to the Heritage Project. Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 21

7. Heritage conservation and interpretation

a. The original entrance arches Background The original entrance arches at the deep end are the earliest structure on the Tooting Bec Lido site. The building of the new entrance at the opposite end of the pool in 2002, which includes new toilet and shower blocks, means that these old entrance buildings, which are cramped and not suitable for modern use, are now in a sad state of repair. They are due to be demolished to make way for the new Lido Pavilion. However, consultation with stakeholders showed an interest in preserving the arches, and the design and conservation officer recommended reconstructing them in a new location. This suggestion was included in the planning application and is a condition of planning approval. Consultation with stakeholders has also shown that there is an interest in the origins of the Lido and its evolution over the years and that access to information about this is desirable.

The original entrance arches, Susan Rentoul

First dive, opening ceremony, 28 July 1906 © Ron Elam, tel: 020 8874 8544 Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 22

Vision To reconstruct the entrance arches on the central axis of the pool. The three arches will then form the outer wall of the new deep-end sunbathing terrace. The infill panels of the reconstructed arches will make a fitting location to commemorate the Reverend John Hendry Anderson, Chairman of the Works Committee of the Central Unemployment Body for London, and former Mayor of Wandsworth, who proposed the building of the pool in 1906 The proposed new pavilion and arches viewed from the Common, David Gibson Architects as a means of helping local unemployed men. Interpretation panels about how the Bathing Lake was built – dug by hand and lined with cement by 400 men in just four months – will “Dug by hand and also be placed on the panels. Plan lined with cement by The demolition of the general brickwork of the arches and 400 men in just four the adjacent toilet blocks will be carried out in such a way that enough original bricks are salvaged to rebuild the arches months.” in a new location – see method statement (Appendix 5). The reconstructed arches will be in-filled with contrasting brick or render. The interpretation panels will occupy both sides of the in-filled arches so that the public can see them on the Common side without having to enter the Lido.

Original entrance viewed from the Common © Ron Elam, tel: 020 8874 8544 Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 23

“A fitting location The reconstructed arches to commemorate The text for interpretation panels will include information about: the Reverend John • The Reverend John Hendry Anderson, Rector of Tooting Hendry Anderson, (1897-1913) who instigated the Bathing Lake project. • The unemployed men who built the Bathing Lake and who proposed the how they did it. building of the pool • The opening ceremony on 28 July 1906. in 1906 as a means • The formation of the South London Swimming Club in of helping local 1906 and its founding members. The interpretation panels will be illustrated with historic unemployed men.” photographs.

Reverend JH Anderson, Wandsworth Museum Building Tooting Bathing Lake, 1906, Wandsworth Heritage Service Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 24

b. The changing cubicles Background The changing cubicles, painted in bright colours reminiscent of beach huts and evocative of seaside charm, are the most recognisable and iconic feature of Tooting Bec Lido. In 2006 the South London Swimming Club redesigned its logo to celebrate its joint centenary with the Lido. The new design incorporated the four colours of the iconic doors, symbolising the inextricable link between the Club and the Lido. The cubicles remain in constant use and need regular maintenance. They are interspersed with mainly redundant enclosures which at one time housed toilets and showers for swimmers. The western line of cubicles is broken by an open paved area and the eastern side by a covered area that offers a place to sit in inclement weather and is the site of panels The SLSC logo is based on the distinctive coloured illustrating the history of the Lido. doors and the stunning blue pool

Cubicle doors, Lauren Sheer Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 25

Vision To improve the visual impact and symmetry of the changing cubicles as a way of increasing the facilities available to Lido users. Plan By demolishing disused enclosures and rationalising the rows of cubicles, it will be possible to have more changing accommodation, including family and disabled facilities, without losing any sunbathing space. With the restoration of the existing cubicles and new additions, the visual impact of the cubicles will be significantly improved. Please note that the equipping of a disabled changing cubicle, including a hoist, is not included in the HFL bid and Disused enclosures, Susan Rentoul will be funded through a separate budget, to which SLSC has contributed. “It will be possible to have more changing accommodation, including family and disabled facilities, without losing any sunbathing space.”

World Winter Swimming Championships 2008, Viv Yankeh Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 26

c. The commemoration wall Background The Club has many trophies donated by past and present members. These are competed for at the weekly races when stories of their provenance are told, giving younger members a chance to learn about the history of the Club and the Lido. Tiles, Postman’s Park, City of London The stories provide a connection between the past and the present through association with people and events. The open area on the western side of the Lido gives the most “… a tangible way shelter from cold easterly or northerly winds, a feature of sunny days in winter. This is already a popular place to congregate to remember fellow on sunny mornings, a number of benches dedicated to the Lido users and their memory of past Lido enthusiasts have been placed here. Members have donated other items, such as the sundial on stories.” the café, the outside shower and the pump room clock. Vision To honour the increasing numbers of past members in a sustainable way. A commemoration wall, on which plaques could be placed, would provide a tangible way to remember fellow Lido users and their stories. The plaques would create a collective memory or experience for those who value the Lido.

Commemorative wall, Postman’s Park, City of London Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 27

Plan To the rear of the western cubicles, there is a wooded mound that screens the Lido from the Common. By cutting into part of this mound and creating stepped decks, the sheltered sunbathing space will be extended. At the same time, the unattractive breeze block wall will be replaced with a new rendered wall where plaques commemorating past, present and future SLSC members and Lido enthusiasts can be placed. The intention is to include some ceramic plaques dedicated to significant past members, with present and future members adding more to honour the memory of those who have been important in the Lido community.

David Gibson Architects Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 28

Case history – Charles Bacon Charles Bacon died in 2000 aged 91. He had been a member of the SLSC and a Lido enthusiast for many years. In his will he made a small bequest to the SLSC. Around the same time the wooden bench in the open area on the western side of the pool, a favourite spot of his, where he would meet and chat with friends, collapsed. It was the last remaining place where one could sit at the Lido. Without anywhere to sit, people would stand around uncomfortably after their swim, Charles’s bench, SLSC collection unable to relax and enjoy the company of friends. SLSC decided it would use Charles’s bequest to buy a bench with the following inscription: Bequested to all his South London Swimming Club friends by CHARLES BACON 1909 – 2000 Over the next few years, several benches followed, all bequeathed to the SLSC and the Lido by the families and friends of past members. There are now lots of places where Lido benches, SLSC collection people can sit and remember the past, enjoy a chat with friends or just relax. But there are not many more places where benches can be placed. New ideas are needed to honour the memory of lost friends. “There are now lots of places where people can sit and remember the past, enjoy a chat with friends or just relax.”

Old friends enjoy the morning sun at the Lido, 1990s, SLSC collection Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 29

d. The pump room Background In the 1930s a new water treatment building was erected at the south end of the pool. This is a utilitarian rectangular block and, at approximately five metres high, it remains the tallest building on the site. Serious repair work has recently made the building’s structure more secure. The pump house contains the original water filter equipment, installed in 1931, which still works well and is rapidly becoming historic. It is possibly one of the oldest pool water purification plants in full-time operation.

Vision To create views into the plant room, allowing the machinery that provides clean water to be seen and appreciated, with an explanation of the science and history of water filtration.

Original pumps and filters, Margy Sullivan “The pump house contains the original water filter equipment, installed in 1931, which still works well and is rapidly becoming historic.”

David Gibson Architects Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 30

Plan The plans for the pump room include cutting glazed viewing panels into the wall facing the new southern sunbathing terrace, exposing views of the magnificent pumps. Interpretation panels explaining the science of the water purification process and the history of the pressure sand filters will help Lido users understand how the water in the pool stays sparkling and clean.

Text for interpretation panels on pump room

How the Lido water stays clean Text and graphics will explain: • The water purification process. Royles Limited advertisement, gracesguide.co.uk • How filtration and aeration work. • The function of the rapid sand filters, the pumps and the fountain. • The history of water filtration and purification. • The history of Royles Ltd, the Row Patent and Permutit Ltd.

Royles Limited advertisement, gracesguide.co.uk Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 31

e. Archiving Background Many lidos have been closed down, filled in and demolished over the past 25 years. They are rarely replaced. The survival of Tooting Bec Lido is largely due to the energetic efforts and commitment of South London Swimming Club members. The SLSC has a rich oral history, which is at critical risk of being lost as Club members become older. Historical material is scattered among past and present members, stored in attics and forgotten.

Building works, local paper, 22 September 1933 Vision To establish a heritage archive celebrating the 100-year-plus history of the Club, the Lido and the associated communities. This will help to create a sustainable base for the continued existence of the SLSC, which is the best guarantee for the future survival of the Lido. The aim is to: • Value and protect the cultural assets of Tooting Bec Lido and the South London Swimming Club and be a steward of the future as well as the past. • Acknowledge the legacy of previous generations and give future Lido users a treasured inheritance of collections, information and knowledge. • Manage collections well, so that they will be an asset that is valued by future generations, not a burden. • Focus on quality and not be seduced by quantity.

Swimming lesson, local paper, 28 April 1933

Gymnastic display at Tooting Bec Lido on the cover of Health and Strength magazine, November 1949, SLSC collection Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 32

Plan The Heritage Project envisages sorting and cataloguing the current SLSC archive, digitising the material and depositing it with the Wandsworth Heritage Service for safe-keeping and to make it accessible to more people. To do this we have set up a voluntary history group and aim to offer training and guidance in archive methods, the appraisal process (cataloguing) and the digitising of material in preparation for uploading to a dedicated history website. The existing archive covers the Club’s history from the beginning and includes photographs, scrap books, minute books, newspaper and magazine articles, and audio and video recordings, as well as artefacts such as trophies and medals. It is not, however, continuous, and to fill the many gaps in our knowledge of Tooting Bec Lido and the SLSC, we aim to continue adding to the archive through public appeals and promotion and to research for missing information. In collecting archive material we would be mindful of our target audiences: club members, past and present; local SLSC member Maurice Connor covers his modesty residents; local, architectural, social, family and leisure for a photo shoot for an insurance company, 1970s, SLSC collection historians; lido enthusiasts; students of history and urban space; and journalists interested in swimming and the history of leisure.

“The aim is to deposit the archive with Wandsworth Heritage Service for safe- keeing and to make it accessible to more people.”

Derek Eames emerges from a hole cut into the ice on the frozen pool, 1970s, SLSC collection Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 33

f. Website Background The SLSC’s website has a little information about the history of the Club and the Lido, but a wealth of other historical material is scattered among books, displays and archives that are difficult for most people to explore. Vision To create an attractive, well designed, easy-to-navigate “An attractive, well website that makes archive material accessible to the wider community and helps the public to appreciate the significance designed, easy-to- of Tooting Bec Lido and the SLSC’s place in its history. This, in turn, will develop a better understanding of the need for the navigate website.” Lido’s conservation.

Plan The Heritage Project proposals include the creation of a single online repository of digital assets related to the history of Tooting Bec Lido and South London Swimming Club. Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 34

The attractive site will make it easy for members of the public to search for digital material using such criteria as: • File type (photo, video, document and so on). • Topic (it is envisaged that a hierarchy of categories will be determined to aid searches for specific assets, including trophies, photos, documents, clippings, films and oral history). • Date of origination. • Keyword. The heritage website would have its own URL with links on the websites of the SLSC, Wandsworth Council and the leisure provider. The website will include a content management system that enables members of the administration team to add, edit and

The Burton Cup and medal winners, 1930s, SLSC delete assets in an intuitive manner. collection It will have forms to encourage users to submit their own material by email. Uploading of user-submitted material to the website will be “To create a single entirely managed by the administration team, so there will be online repository of no requirement for users to upload directly to the website. The archive will be open to the public and it is not envisaged all of the digital assets that members of the public will need to create user accounts related to the history to use the site. The site will allow members of the public to comment publicly of Tooting Bec Lido on archive materials but their comments would not be and South London published until they have been approved by a moderator. Swimming Club.”

Snowball fight, 1960s, SLSC collection Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 35

g. Events and activities Background The South London Swimming Club has a tradition of holding swimming and community events at Tooting Bec Lido throughout the year. In 2006 the Club organised a series of swimming, community, art and cultural events to celebrate the centenary of both the Club and the Lido. These included a fascinating talk by local historian and SLSC member Janet Smith at the Wandsworth Museum. Janet illustrated her talk with original photographs, letters and other documents that also formed part of a centenary exhibition. The publicity around these and other centenary events prompted people to disclose and share personal memories and photos of the Lido. Vision Tooting Bec Lido exhibition at Wandsworth Museum, 2006 To celebrate the long and rich history of the Lido and the SLSC through publicity, promotion and events, encouraging more people to reveal their historic treasures and memories.

Floating 100 candles for the centenary of Tooting Bec Lido, 2006, SLSC collection Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 36

Plan The SLSC plans to gather historical material by: • Recruiting volunteers to its history group to research and archive heritage assets. • Marking the completion of the Tooting Bec Lido restoration work with an event celebrating the past, the present and the future. • Continuing to be active at the Open House London weekend, with fun activities to encourage visitors. • Holding a Scanning the Past event at the annual Wandsworth Heritage Festival – members of the public will be invited to bring photos and other memorabilia of the Lido to be scanned so they can be added to the digital archive. • Including information about Tooting Bec Lido in the planned Tooting Common Heritage Trail. Annual free painting event coinciding with Open House London, 2009, Elizabeth Furth • Promoting the Heritage Project through newsletters, leaflets, posters and social media.

“Join in” event with Daley Thompson, Jonathan Edwards, John Inverdale and Sharon Davies, 2012, © Join in Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 37

8. Audience

1,500 1,352 The South London Swimming Club has over 1,300 members and Tooting Bec Lido attracts in the region of 85,000 visits a 1,200 year. 1,072 As audiences for interpretation, these visitors fall into four 900 broad groups: 658 • South London Swimming Club members. 600

SLSC members • Regular repeat visitors.

300 297 • Local residents. • Day-visit and special-interest visitors. 0 2000 2005 2010 2015 The following interpretive methods have been designed to meet the various needs of these audiences. SLSC events and activities promoting Tooting Bec Lido have resulted in a big increase in membership In situ interpretation In situ interpretation of Tooting Bec Lido’s heritage has the potential for a wide range of benefits for its key audiences. For example, the SLSC commemoration wall is very much designed to evoke memories and emotions and to promote a feeling of belonging among SLSC members and a sense of pride and community among local residents. However, the aim is to ensure that the interpretation and presentation of the cultural heritage on site is both intellectually and physically

SLSC members, 2007, SLSC collection Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 38

accessible to wide audiences. In situ heritage will therefore be presented and explained in an easy-to-read style and format and designed in a way that allows the physical fabric of the site to transmit meaning and narrative. Key interpretive messages will be clear and uncomplicated, using both visual aids and text, so that they can be quickly digested by regular users, Open HO and parents feel confident in helping their children to explore, use LO TOOTInG BeC LIdndO On discover and learn. Printed interpretation To cater for day-visitors and special-interest visitors during, for example, the annual Open House London weekend, a heritage leaflet or brochure will be produced with clear targeted information on what is available on site. Visitors will be able to take this away with them and it will refer them to the website for more information. Online interpretation A website dedicated to the history of Tooting Bec Lido will complement the on-site interpretation, giving visitors information before they arrive. It will also allow for more in- depth exploration of the history of the Lido and SLSC.

“Key interpretive messages will be clear and uncomplicated using both visual aids and text.”

Bob Fitch, Don Roshar, Jack Coppin, Bill Goodfellow, Bill Bedwell and Harold Judd in front of the fountain, 1946, Doreen Fitch Collection Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 39

9. Evaluation and monitoring

Ongoing evaluation and monitoring of visitor reactions will inform revisions of this Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan and guide improvements to all interpretive tools. The evaluation and monitoring will consist of: • Visitor observations, during Open House London and the Wandsworth Heritage Festival. These are a useful way of gauging how people react to interpretation and how much time they spend reading the interpretive materials. • Monitoring website traffic. • Recording attendances at events and gauging satisfaction levels among participants. This could take the form of a short questionnaire handed out at the end of each event. Free SLSC art event for Open House London, 2009, SLSC collection • Feedback forms and questionnaires during the summer, when the Lido is open to the public. Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Survey SurveyMonkey

Age make up of the SLSC Q5 What do you know about Tooting Bec Lido’s heritage? Tick those that you knew 14-25 year-olds: 6% Disabled all ages: 2% before doing this survey.

Answered: 302 Skipped: 21

It is over 100 years old

Conceived as a Children 0-13: community...

16% Built by the unemployed o...

Over 65: 9% Adults 26-65: 67% Largest fresh water swimmi...

South London Swimming Clu...

Home to winter swimmers for...

First venue outside Finl...

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Answer Choices Responses

It is over 100 years old 91.72% 277

Conceived as a community project by Reverend Anderson in 1906 39.07% 118

Built by the unemployed of Wandsworth 42.72% 129

Largest fresh water swimming pool in Europe 90.07% 272

South London Swimming Club’s home since 1906 74.50% 225

Home to winter swimmers for over 100 years 76.49% 231

First venue outside Finland to host the World Cold Water Swimming Championships 59.60% 180

Total Respondents: 302

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10. Bibliography

Eccles N (CFP), Tooting Common Heritage Project Household Survey Report (2015) Heritage Lottery Fund, Conservation Plan Guidance (2012) Heritage Lottery Fund, Interpretation: Good-practice guidance (2013) Land Use Consultants, Tooting Common Conservation Plan (2015) MKA Ecology Ltd, Ecological Assessment (Habitat Survey and Bat Survey) (2014) Simon Pryce Arboriculture, Arboricultural Report (2014)

Appendices 1 Tooting Bec Lido – Site plan 2 Results of survey – Tooting Bec Lido heritage 3 Response to recommendations in bat survey report – use of site by bats 4 Response to recommendations from ecological assessment (Arboriculture report) 5 Arch reconstruction method statement 6 Secretary of State approval

Jack Snelling creating a plunge hole in the ice, 1970s, SLSC collection Appendix 1: Tooting Bec Lido – site plan Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 41 Appendix 2: Results of survey – Tooting Bec Lido heritage Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 42

Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Survey SurveyMonkey Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Survey SurveyMonkey Q1 Are you a member of the South London Swimming Club? Q2 How often do you visit Tooting Bec Lido? Answered: 314 Skipped: 9 Answered: 312 Skipped: 11

Yes Summer Season (May to...

Winter Season No (October to...

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Survey SurveyMonkey Too ting Bec Lido Heritage Survey Most days Weekly Occasionally Never Total SurWveeigyhMtedo Anvkereayge Answer Choices Q3 On average, how mucRhe tsipmones edso you Summer Season (May to September) 33.76% 42.44% 23.15% 0.64% spend at Tooting Bec Lido during a typical 105 132 72 2 311 1.91 Yes 75.48% Q2347 How long have you been coming to visit? Winter Season (October to April) 14.66% 27.82% 40.23% 17.29% Tootin39g Bec L74ido? 107 46 266 2.60 No Answered: 311 Skipped2: 41.252% 77 Answered: 307 Skipped: 16 Total 314 Less than an hour

Months

Between 1-2 hours

Between 2-4 hours Years

More than 4 hours 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

Tooting Bec Lido Heritag0e% Sur1v0e%y 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% S10u0Tr%voeoytMinogn kBeeyc Lido Heritage Survey SurveyMonkey Answer Choices Average Number Total Number Responses Q5 What do you know about Tooting Bec Q6 H ow important is it to4 pr otect the 316 72 Answer Choices Responses Months Lido’s heritage? Tick those that you knew heritage of Tooting Bec Lido? 24.76% 77 Less than an hour before doing this survey. Years 11 3,097 291 Answered: 304 Skipped: 19 Between 1-2 hours Answered: 302 Skipped: 21 60.45% Total Respondents: 307188

Between 2-4 hours 13.18% 41 It is over 100 years old Very important More than 4 hours 1.61% 5

Total Conceived as a 311 community...

Built by the Important unemployed o...

Largest fresh water swimmi... Not very South London important Swimming Clu...

Home to winter 2 / 14 swimmers for... I don't know First venue outside Finl...

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Tooting Bec Lido Herit0a%ge S1u0r%vey 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% S1u0r0v%eyMonkey 1 / 14 Q7 Heritage at Tooting Bec Lido is a Answer Choices Responses combination of architecture, technology, Answer Choices Responses It is over 100 years old 91.72% 277 history, community engagement and Very important 83.88% 255 Conceived as a community project by Reoveuretndd oAnoderr ssonw ini m190m6 ing. How important do you 39.07% 118 think it is to preserve and promote this Important 14.47% 44 42.72% 129 Built by the unemployed of Wandsworth heritage? 3 / 14 Not very important 0.99% 3 Largest fresh water swimming pool in Europe Answered: 304 Skipped: 19 90.07% 272 I don't know 0.66% 2 South London Swimming Club’s home since 1906 74.50% 225 Total 304 Architecture: 76.49% 231 Home to winter swimmers fort hoev epro o1l0 a0n yde..a. rs

First venue outside Finland to host the World Cold Water Swimming Championships 59.60% 180

Total Respondents: 302 History: its creation (by...

Society: how generations ... 4 / 14

Swimming: a centre for c...

0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2

Very Important Not very I don't Total Weighted important important know Average

Architecture: the pool and its constituent parts including plant room, 75.91% 20.79% 2.97% 0.33% cubicles, etc. 5 / 14 230 63 9 1 303 1.28

History: its creation (by Reverend Anderson) and evolution over the 41.86% 44.52% 11.63% 1.99% years 126 134 35 6 301 1.74

Society: how generations use this urban beach and support it spring, 67.66% 29.37% 2.64% 0.33% summer, autumn and winter 205 89 8 1 303 1.36

Swimming: a centre for cold water and long distance swimming in the 87.42% 10.26% 1.99% 0.33% great outdoors 264 31 6 1 302 1.15 6 / 14

7 / 14 Appendix 2: Results of survey – Tooting Bec Lido heritage Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 43

Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Survey SurveyMonkey Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Survey SurveyMonkey

Q8 How would you rate the following in Q9 Would you like to learn more about the terms of heritage value at Tooting Bec Lido history and heritage of Tooting Bec Lido? on a scale of 1-10, where 1 is low and 10 is high? Leave blank if you don’t know. (Tick one only)

Answered: 283 Skipped: 40 Answered: 288 Skipped: 35

Answer Choices Responses

Age of the Lido 92.58% 262 Strongly agree

Colour scheme 96.11% 272

99.65% 282 Pool Agree

Cubicles and doors 98.23% 278

Fountain 94.35% 267 Disagree Café 93.99% 266

Paddling pool 89.05% 252 Strongly Cast iron turnstiles 90.11% 255 disagree

Memorial benches 89.05% 252

92.93% 263 Old entrance arches at the deep end Don’t Know

Purification plant and building at the deep end 89.40% 253

Tree-lined bank behind the cubicles on the Common side 95.05% 269 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Survey SurveyMonkey Summer entrance at the shallow end 89.05% 252

Year round swimming 98.94% 280 Answer Choices Responses South London Swimming Club activities 94.35% 267 Q11 Would you like for more information Strongly agree about the history of Tooting Bec 2L2.9id2%o to be 66 Other 10.95% 31 made available online (website)?6 5(.T63i%ck one 189 Agree only) Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Survey SurveyMonkey 5.90% 17 Disagree Answered: 284 Skipped: 39

Strongly disagree 0.35% 1 Q10 Would you like more information about Strongly agree the history of the Tooting Bec Lido to be Don’t Know 5.21% 15 made available at the Lido? (Tick one only) Total 288

Answered: 279 Skipped: 44 Agree

Strongly agree Disagree

Strongly Agree disagree

Don't know Disagree 8 / 14 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Strongly Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Survey SurveyMonkey disagree

Answer Choices Q13 How strongly do you assoRcesipaotnese sthe Don't know Strongly agree South London Swimming Club w3i1t.h69 %Tooting 90 Bec Lido? (Tick one only) Agree 61.97% 176 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Answered: 288 Skipped: 35 Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Survey SurveyMDoisnagkreey 2.46% 7

0.70% 2 Strongly disagree Very strongly 9 / 14 Answer Choices Q12 Would you be interested inR etsapoknisnesg part Don't know 3.17% 9 Strongly agree 30.11% 84 in any of the following heritage activities? Strongly Total 284 Agree (Tick as many as you li6k2.e72)% 175

Answered: 165 Skipped: 158 Slightly Disagree 3.23% 9

0.72% 2 Strongly disagree Neutral Local history research Don't know 3.23% 9 Not really Total 279 Oral history projects Not at all

Historical Don't know archiving

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Guided walks Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Survey SurveyMonkey and talks

Answer Choices Responses Museum (open Q14 How strongly do you associate Tooting air, virtual... Very strongly Bec Lido with the wider To6o3.5t4i%ng Common? 183

Strongly (Tick one on2l8y.8)2% 83 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 11 / 14 Answered: 284 Skipped: 39 Slightly 4.86% 14

Neutral 1.39% 4 Very strongly Answer Choices Responses Not really 0.35% 1

Local history research 31.52% 52 1.04% 3 Not at all Strongly 24.24% 40 Oral history projects Don't know 0.00% 0

Total Slightly 288 Historical archiving 20.00% 33 10 / 14 59.39% 98 Guided walks and talks Neutral

Museum (open air, virtual, pop-up, etc.) 64.85% 107 Not really Total Respondents: 165

Not at all

Don't know

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Answer Choices 13 / 14 Responses

Very strongly 29.23% 83

Strongly 43.66% 124

Slightly 19.01% 54

Neutral 4.93% 14

Not really 2.11% 6

Not at all 1.06% 3

Don't know 0.00% 0

Total 284 12 / 14

14 / 14 Appendix 3: Response to recommendations in bat survey report – use of site by bats Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 44

2 THE USE OF THE SITE BY BATS (CONDITION 6)

2.1 Report of November 2013 by MKA Ecology Ltd.

Planning Permission was granted for the Tooting Bec Lido pavilion on 3 October 2013. In anticipation of the permission and the Condition therein relating to the activity of bats on the site the above report by MKA Ecology was commissioned in time for the survey to be carried out with the required Autumnal time frame and the survey took place on 16/17 September 2013. The survey is appended. The following recommendations are made:

Recommendation 1: In the unlikely event of a bat being discovered at the site, works should cease and advice be sought immediately either from Natural England (0845 600 3078) or MKA Ecology Ltd (01763 262211). Recommendation 2: To enhance the value of the site for foraging and roosting bats, a minimum of three bat boxes should be installed within the site. Examples of suitable bat box designs are included in Appendix 2. Recommendation 3: Light pollution from any lighting should be minimised. A sensitive lighting scheme should be developed to allow for suitable roosting and foraging areas for bats within the site with maximum use of down lighting and hoods where necessary. Recommendation 4: Retain and relocate the dead tree to an alternative position onsite to provide a natural ecological feature. Partially burying the tree in soil will provide a resource not only for roosting bats but also for breeding birds and larval Stag Beetle. Creating holes and crevices with a chainsaw will also enhance the tree for roosting bats and nesting birds.

Recommendation 1 will be included in Contract preliminaries for the works.

Recommendation 2 will be adopted. Three bat boxes to the design included in the report will be located on the retaining wall (see 1.15 above). For bat boxes see APPENDIX M.

Recommendation 3 is already a Condition on the existing Planning Permission (Condition 10 – The external lighting shall be provided in accordance with paragraph 6.1 of the approved Planning Statement, dated March 2013. This is printed below:

6.1 External Lighting

6.1.01 The requirement for the avoidance of increased light pollution to the Common is recognised. In accordance with the practice set out in ‘Lighting in the Countryside; towards Best Practice’ the proposal has been analysed to question whether it can proceed without external lighting and then to ascertain what minimum level and minimally disruptive type of lighting can be tolerated. As the existing Lido car park has mast level street lighting it is not considered necessary to add any new high level lighting. The proposal is to be publicly accessible and it is to be expected that it will operate at some times during the hours of darkness, so it is considered necessary to provide some external lighting between the car park and the entrance to the hall building. This need only to consist of low level fittings (max height of standards .9m) installed with beams angled downwards and focussed on pathways at foot level. It is anticipated that than 8 such fittings will be required (locations shown on drawing 1296.101). The units proposed are Erco Lightmark bollard floor washlights with compact fluorescent lamps 33451.000. All external lighting will be operated with daylight and PIR sensors to ensure that lighting will only operate when required. These fittings will not increase light pollution beyond their immediate vicinity.

6.1.02 There is no proposal in this application for any lighting to the outdoor pool area.

Recommendation 4 is adopted. Arrangements are described in para 1.16 above.

David Gibson Architects’ response to Habitat Survey and Bat Survey by MKA Ecology Ltd Appendix 4: Response to recommendations from ecological assessment (Arboriculture report) Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 45

3 RESPONSE TO RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT (CONDITION 7)

3.1 Incorporation of native British plant species on the site.

The main opportunity for new planting on the project site is within the hollow blocks of the retaining wall. A list of endemic species of plant is appended (APPENDIX N) together with a list of planting suggestions from the manufacturers of the walling system. There are no plants from the list of endemic species on this list. It is however noted that the definition of ‘native’ plant used for the list is very restrictive with only 48 species named. From the manufacturer’s list the following species are of Northern European origin: Alyssum, Windflower, Columbine, Dianthus, Pulsatilla Vulgaris, Saxifrage, Sedum, Moss Campion, Thyme and Speedwell. In particular, Pulsatilla Vulgaris is a priority species in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. Planting within the retaining wall will be based on the above selection with a bias to Pulsatilla Vulgaris. Planting will be of species in numbers with a minimum of one plant to every three retaining wall pots.

3.2 Planting to provide food plants of the leaf beetle Crysolina oricalcia

Plants in this category appear not to be suited for planting in the structure of the retaining wall but the opportunity exists to place plants in the backfill soil at the top of the wall. The plants named in the Ecological Assessment are Black Poplar, Cow Parsley, Cowbane, Hemlock, Hedge-parsley, Golden Chevil and Hogweed. (for details see APPENDIX O) Of these Black Poplar is too large for the available site and Cowbane and Hemlock appear to be too poisonous for this semi-public location.

Availability details for the remaining four species is also contained in APPENDIX O. Wildflowers are not suited to topsoil and so the infill will be of clean subsoil. Plants will be sourced in 90mm pots where possible (as plugs where not) and will be planted at 11 plants per m2 with species in numbers.

3.3 Treatment of deadwood on the site

The particular example quoted in the Ecological Assessment is the dead tree in the middle of the forecourt to the old arched Lido entrance. Contract Documentation includes instructions for this dead tree to be removed and placed on grassland to the south of the site as marked on drawing 1296 150122 103.1 (APPENDIX A)

3.4 Installation of four bird boxes on site including one house sparrow terrace.

Contract Documentation includes instructions for the installation of four bird boxes and one house sparrow terrace in the retaining wall (1.15 above). For bird boxes specified see APPENDIX P

David Gibson Architects’ response to recommendations from ecological assessment Appendix 5: Arch reconstruction method statement Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 46

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If the inner mortar is found to be hard it is considered unlikely that the bricks can be separated can bricks the that unlikely considered is it be hard to found is mortar inner the If If the inner mortar is seen to be soft, the hard outer pointing will be removed either by hand chisel by hand chisel be removed either will pointing outer hard the be soft, to seen is mortar inner the If

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drawings. 1.2.5 one panel of brickwork involved in the test but ultimately with the capacity to contain the whole of the the of whole the contain to capacity the with ultimately but test the in involved brickwork of one panel be preserved/reconst to brickwork 1.2.6 fork lift or similar lifting vehicle will be on stand will vehicle lifting similar or lift fork 1.3 courses will be removed down to the first recessed feature course. The bricks released (approximately (approximately released The bricks course. feature recessed first the be removed down to will courses positions their and with removed were they order the in case timber a strong in stacked will 45 bricks) the by be removed will panel boxed This existing. as remain panel the of faces the that o rder in retained area. storage agreed the in and placed vehicle lifting 1.2.7.2 1.2.7.1 removed. bricks upper saw and the joint a mortar with cutting by of takes place, it is anticipated that the block can be released as a whole. If the block can be lifted by a be lifted can block the If a whole. as be released can block the that anticipated is it place, takes scaff the off and taken crate its to in be placed can block the grab, grip pincer string recessed the in be formed will block the below Holes block, the below bearers a need for is there that considered is It block. the off lift to and used block the below be passed to needles allow to course damag limited 1.4 bonded into a Flemish Bond. We calculate that this block will be about 90 kg. The block will be released be released will The block 90 kg. be about will block this that We Bond. calculate a Flemish bonded into saw. joint a mortar using out be cut will course recessed the of top the at The bed joint follows. as using and sides both from Operating estimate. cost the refine and to works full the for specification without extensive damage to the existing bricks. In this case, a method for dismantling based on the on the based dismantling for a method case, this In bricks. existing the damage to extensive without proposed pieces the indicate The drawings be tried. will blocks large into masonry the of separation the of articulation existing on the based are which fit wedge to shapes to rubbed (bricks bricks voissoire of blocks and side keystone of articulation the by about of and makes a block unit one such of consists area The test constructions). arch into contract to take down the brick arches and to clear the whole of the structures on the old entrance site site entrance old on the structures the of whole the clear and to arches brick down the take to contract are: Themaintasks 1.4.1 following works to take place with hindrance to the day to day operation of the TBL. An alternative exit exit An alternative TBL. the of day operation day to the to hindrance with place take to works following may need This and safeguarded. prepared route and the be arranged will pool the end of south the from Fir as serve to holder. contract 1.4.2 thought that both the entry/exit and the stor and the entry/exit the both that thought an gates exiting the of adjustment require will This building. process plant existing also noted that this area is currently the designated smoking area of the Lido. Th Lido. the of area smoking designated the currently is area this that noted also re or be suspended 1.4.3 consisting of three arches, the outer pillars of which have been replaced by newer brick structures structures brick by newer have been replaced which of pillars outer the arches, three of consisting (WCs). The w

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pointing exercise (possibly contemporary with the construction of the flanking WC structures) and that and that WC structures) flanking the of construction the with contemporary (possibly exercise pointing - painting at unknown periods in the life of the structure. the of life the in unknown periods at painting observation Further necessary, if and, refined be to The method is inspection. visual on based is method statement This follow adjusted Part 1 internal arch has been remove has arch internal unknown recent date. unknown recent brick Therubbed 1.1 wear or decay. This is uncharacteristic of brickwork of the early twentieth century and it is possible that that possible is and it century twentieth early the of brickwork of uncharacteristic is This decay. or wear 1931 general the from mortar repointing is this suffe has capping and cornice Thestone arcade, fully engaged with the outer pillars, probably between 1931 and 1936 with the general up general the 1931 and 1936 with between probably pillars, outer the engaged with fully arcade, and modernisation of the pool facilities, including the introduction of water purification. purification. water of introduction the including facilities, pool the of and modernisation new are these that supposed is it bricks; repaired of courses vertical two includes keystones external composition. repair may a plastic be made they of but bricks, th of Thejointing 3 only is coloured, light mi is pointing the behind The bed mortar grid. matrix hard external arches appear to have been filled at the same time. The bay The bay same time. the at been filled have to appear arches external Archre visit. and site on DGA based observations hypothesis a working is This statement. 1.2 central inner arch contained a bay contained arch inner central 1296/ 140529 1.2.1 co lime a high with mortar a softer brickwork, the of heart the at is, there original is mortar cement, high hard, the that is The second 1907. in practice normal with accordance is which determine to trial test the of objective the is It brickwork. the of depth the through right and goes be to this To enable be dismantled. might brickwork the which with ease the case, either an d in case, the drawings. on the identified arches the of area on the out be carried will work done, Tooting Bec Tooting Background obligation. a Planning with compliance in on site be relocated to Arches are RIBA Robby and DipArch Hughes, inspections following prepared been has method statement This RIBA AABC, on 29 May DipArch 2014. Gibson, David Observations Theprin external Row, London N1 8QH David Gibson Architects, 35 Britannia

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Boxed brick elements will be taken off the scaffold by fork lift truck and taken to the the to and taken truck lift by fork scaffold the off be taken will elements Boxed brick Use of tools. Walls are to be t to are Walls tools. Use of Storage areas will be protected from casual damage casual from vandalism. or be protected will areas Storage Demolition balls, hammers and other percussion tools will not be used directly onto onto directly be used not will tools percussion hammers and other balls, Demolition There will be no attempt to clean or colour or otherwise refurb otherwise or colour or clean to attempt be no will There The method for the demolition a demolition the Themethod for The Removal of the arches is an essential preliminary to the w the to preliminary essential an is arches the The Removal of The preferred timescale is therefore is timescale Thepreferred

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numbering schedule indicated on drawings and will be stacked in the storage area, laid flat flat laid area, storage the in be stacked and will on drawings indicated schedule numbering racked systematically storage area. Boxed are to be numb to Boxed are area. storage 2.6.3.2 2.6.3.1 2.6.3.1 box. storage their into stacked be manually then can They clean. brushed and lightly a trowel with 2.6.1 m a specialized by or below the block. The whole block will be stored in its individual crate. individual its in be stored will block The whole block. the below 2. courses or at the division between the arch wedges will be released (by mortar joint saw). The whole The whole saw). joint mortar (by be released wedges will arch the between division the at or courses n inserting by or clamps lifting stone with off be lifted will block 2.8 brickwork. 2.6.2 taking down stages of this operation. It is intended to reserve judgement on whether the appearance of of appearance the on whether judgement reserve to intended is It operation. this of down stages taking completed. is rebuilding the until satisfactory is arches rebuilt the Part 3 3.1 submitted to the LB Wandsworth Planning Department for Approval as a Condition of the Consent. This This Consent. the of a Condition as Approval for Department LB Planning Wandsworth the to submitted months. two take to likely is process 3.2 Pavilion Building. There is considerable advantage in carrying out the clearance work before the Main the work before clearance the out carrying in advantage considerable is There Building. Pavilion Contract starts. 3.3

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o take down and place in storage the north wall (swimming pool side) of the old old the of side) pool (swimming wall north the storage in down and place o take here are two arches in the north facing wall fac wall facing north the in arches two are here

T All other construction in the area including the WC blocks and the curved, rising re rising WC the curved, and the blocks including area the in construction other All The site will be cleared level. The surface treated with hardcore. All electrical service service electrical All hardcore. with treated The surface level. cleared be will Thesite It is hoped that it will be possible for L B Wandsworth to approve the negotiation of this this of negotiation the approve L B to Wandsworth for be possible will it hoped that is It The work to provide foundations for the reconstruction of the arche the of reconstruction the for foundations provide Theto work external wall external the of face facing south the of be prepared will Drawings There are three arches in the south facing wall but the tw the but wall facing south the in arches three are There T In accordance with the preferred method determined by the initial test, the blocks will will blocks the test, initial by the determined method preferred the with accordance In If dismantling is to be by to is dismantling If Lido

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damaged. 1.4.5 sliding glazed door will be stripped and disposed of. and disposed be stripped will door glazed sliding elem equivalent be made the up from will wall south the in south where appropriate as be used will wall north this from and regular special entrance consistin entrance walls will be demolished. will walls 1.4.6 cabling, water and gas pipework, drainage connections etc., will be made safe, and flagged. The and flagged. be made safe, will etc., connections drainage pipework, and gas water cabling, be repainted will hoarding 1.7 test. initial the for selected firm the with contract 1.8 to rebuild the structure and to provide any necessary new reinforcement to ensure its stability will all be all will stability its ensure to new reinforcement any necessary provide and to structure the rebuild to by a Specialist or Contractor Main by the either contract Pavilion Lido main the of part as out carried Subcontrac Domestic Part 2 2.1 arches and of the north facing face of the wall internal to the lido. Major brickwork elements brickwork Major lido. the to internal wall the of face facing north the and of arches identified and numbered. These elements are the blocks, mainly consisting of four brick courses courses brick four of consisting mainly blocks, the are These elements and numbered. identified of They consist construction. existing the in articulated are which course, recessed a fifth, with together size. varying of blocks and wedge arch shaped 375 high x 225 w ide x 675 long approx blocks horizontal 900mm, 225mm width height and dimsof approx has which ‘keystone’ the is block arch Thebiggest 625mm. 450 to from varying length 2.2 and replaced by the structure of the WC blocks built c1930. This wall will be the pattern pattern be the will wall This c1930. WC built the blocks of structure the by and replaced 2.3 the majority of the material for for material the of majority the can be inspected be inspected can 2.4 wall. the in occupied as 2.4.2 is anticipated that the two outer pillars of these arches will be used to replace the missing pillar missing the replace to be used will arches these of pillars outer two the that anticipated is The existing. as down and crated be taken will wall this Nevertheless reconstruction. the in wall south damaged or from missing make up areas to wall this from bricks individual or elements use to decision wall reconstructed the in wall south the its arches in particular are are particular in arches its consist either of individual bricks stacked in a in stacked bricks individual of either consist masonry. of bonded blocks 2.4.1 Appendix 6: Secretary of state approval Tooting Bec Lido Heritage Conservation and Interpretation Plan 48

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the that has said authority, local the works the proposed by impact significant a have will available for uses for available the common on pressures to further merits on individual its application harm works the Indeed, facilities recreational process permission of part planning as the out carried Number 2013/1504) (Application Assessment on the planning on nature conservation. impact a detrimental have will works the proposed that of the proposed buildings impact visual MHLGPOC Bec Com Tooting Holland Richard 17. 15. 16. www.planningportal.gov.uk/planninginspectorate 13. 12. 14. Archaeological remains and features of historic interest historic of features and remains Archaeological Conclusion Nature Nature of the Conservation