{"id":807516,"date":"2026-10-19T11:40:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T11:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/807516\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T11:40:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T11:40:48","slug":"list-of-key-historic-sites-being-rescued-from-ruin-across-the-west-of-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/807516\/","title":{"rendered":"List of key historic sites being rescued from ruin across the West of England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Built in 1889 as Bristol&#8217;s public swimming house for working-class residents, Jacobs Wells Baths later became a community dance centre before it closed down in 2016.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">After years of deterioration, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-bristol-66338182\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trinity Community Arts took on stewardship<\/a> of the site in 2023 through a 35-year lease from Bristol City Council.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">More than \u00a32m has already been spent on major structural repairs, asbestos removal and stabilisation completed to secure the Grade II-listed building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;One of the things that comes through really strongly is just how personal people&#8217;s connection to this building is,&#8221; a charity spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;People remember swimming, dancing and spending time here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;That history is part of why there is such a strong desire to see the building brought back into use for future generations,&#8221; they added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The venue is expected to reopen to the public in 2029 as a multi-purpose community, arts, dance, and music hub.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Built in 1889 as Bristol&#8217;s public swimming house for working-class residents, Jacobs Wells Baths later became a community&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":807517,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-807516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/807517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}