Baths and Wash-houses, Hackney (Architectural Competition)

BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES, HACKNEY - The Commissioners for Public Baths and Wash-houses for the Parish of St. John at Hackney invited seven architects to compete for buildings to be used for public baths, offering premiums for the three selected designs, the premium in the case of the architect employed to carry out the work to merge into the commission of £5 per cent. Ten sets of designs were submitted. The Commissioners, with the assistance of their professional adviser, Mr. T. Thornton Green, F.S.I., unanimously selected the design bearing the motto “Compact,” Scheme A (Messrs. Harnor & Pinches, Adelphi), for the first premium; the design “Otter” (Mr. F. J. Smith, Westminster), for the second premium; and the design “Practical” (Messrs. Spalding & Cross, Queen Street E.C.), for the third premium. The designs will be on exhibition to the public this Friday and Saturday, March 17 and 18, from 12 noon to 9 p.m. each day. [Builder 25 March 1893 page 230]

Reference        Builder 18 March 1893 page 214
Reference        Builder 25 March 1893 page 230 - review