Lido Conservation Summary.pdf - Sandford Parks Lido

A cross-section of the site, showing the pool and planting.
A2
Aesthetic and Monumental Value
Sandford Parks Lido was designed as a place where the
pool, buildings, walls and landscape were all designed
from the outset as an integrated whole. This, and in
particular the Arts and Crafts approach to its overall
planning and landscaping, is a key element of the site’s
significance in a British and European context. The
beauty of the setting, the mix of architectural styles
and planning, and the unique technical importance
afforded by the survival of the plant room interior, all
add to this significance.
B1
Community and Recreational Value
The lido is a safe and wonderful environment in which
children and adults can play, socialise, keep fit, relax,
learn new skills, have fun and gain a sense of physical
and emotional well-being. It is a perfect venue for
community recreation, and its development as a concept
in parallel with the enhanced role of communities in
national government and the planning system.
B2
Educational Value
The site itself, and its broader historical meaning and
significance, can be interpreted to the public through
the lido website and through images. The lido can serve
as a focus for life-long learning and the exchange of
experiences between generations. It can also serve as
an arena for the arts, and for children to learn about
and contribute to our understanding of ‘place’ through
its landscape and buildings.
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B3
Economic Value
The lido is one of a series of key venues that contribute
to tourism and the prosperity of Cheltenham. The
lido is one of a series of key venues that contribute to
tourism and the prosperity of Cheltenham. It is the only
outdoor facility 50-metre pool in Britain which has been
inspected and meets the international standards for
competition swimming set by the Amateur Swimming
Association.
POLICIES
Whole Site Policy and Guidance for Sustainable
Development
The key aim is to maintain and enhance the character
and special significance of the lido as a whole.
CONSERVATION POLIC Y
1. Ensure that future improvement to the buildings,
and reinstatement of lost features, enhances the
special character of Sandford Parks Lido, through:
• Ensuring that annual maintenance of walls and
buildings is built into the Lido Business Plan.
• Ensuring ‘like-for-like’ repair of walls, building
materials and features.
• Ensuring that the maintenance of it landscape
and planting retains the original design
concept, in terms of the gradation of colour and
form, and ensures ‘like-for-like’ replacement of
yew hedge and poplar.