Thames Lido, formerly King's Meadow Baths, was built in 1902 as a Ladies only swimming pool beside the Thames in King's Meadow, Reading. By the time work started in 2014 the building had been unused for forty years and was a particularly sorry state. The team that successfully brought Bristol's Clifton Lido back from a similar state of decay were invited to do a similar resurrection. Three years later the small site team had completed a meticulous renovation, inserted a dozen new rooms for a Spa, enclosed a new restaurant and added a new ?west wing? containing kitchens and a function room. From the outset the aim had been to keep as much of the original building as possible.

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Architects: Marshall and Kendon Architects

Location: Thames Lido, Kings Meadow, Napier Rd, Reading, RG1 8FR, United Kingdom
Lead Architects: Marshall and Kendon Architects

Engineer: Structural Solutions

Project Managers: Arne Ringer - Glassboat

Contractors: Charlie Quinn & Marcos dos Santos - Design Workshop Bristol

Area: 1500.0 m2

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Jon Reid ? Arch.Photos

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Text description provided by the architects. Thames Lido, formerly King's Meadow Baths, was built in 1902 as a Ladies only swimming pool beside the Thames in King's Meadow, Reading. By the time work started in 2014 the building had been unused for forty years a...