Mounts Baths was built as part of a civic centre located on the site of a recently demolished prison. The civic centre also included a fire station with accommodation, and a police station and courts. A competition to design the baths was won by
J. C. Prestwich & Sons of Leigh, Lancashire. It was built by A. Glenn & Son of Northampton;
Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners were the engineers. Construction began in 1935, and the building was opened in October 1936. The
dado around the pool hall is clad in stone-coloured
faience, and the pool is clad in blue faience tiles. Doorways on the sides of the hall are framed with
Vitrolite panels. Ivory and black ceramic tiles are used in other parts of the building. There was provision for an open-air pool, which was never built. In the 1970s a single-storey extension was added for a teaching pool. ==References==