The Manchester Tiles Letter V – The Sculpts

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We're proud to stock the wonderful work of local designers The Sculpts...

Victoria Baths has a special place in local’s hearts. An incredible building inside and out, our city’s ‘water palace’ opened in 1906 and for the better part of a century provided a range of services, including three swimming pools, a Turkish bath, a sauna, and a laundry. It even had the UK’s first jacuzzi, installed in 1952.

Like many great Manchester institutions, neglect led to Council closure in 1993, but the independent group Friends of Victoria Baths helped to begin its restoration, a project finally secured when it won the BBC Restoration Programme’s public vote in 2003. Even with £3.4 million allocated, the restoration process hasn’t been simple, but since 2011 the baths have been used as a concert venue, exhibition centre and film location.

We’ve honoured the grand old building with our V Tile, which is screen printed and hand-rolled in the UK’s ceramic heartland Stoke-on-Trent, and fired in local Manchester kilns.

Material: Ceramic
Production: Screen printed
Size: 6in x 6in.