Pictures: Behind the scenes of regenerated Stirchley Baths

Pictures: Behind the scenes of regenerated Stirchley Baths

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Twenty seven years after the pool was emptied Stirchley Baths is set to make a new splash as a cinema, cafe and community hub.

The Grade II-listed building has been empty for so long many may have forgotten its former glories.

But after a £4million redevelopment the building is expected to re-open its doors under its new guise later this year.

The new facilities including a multi-purpose community hall, meeting rooms, cinema space, café and training rooms.

Money for the project has been raised through the sale of the former Stirchley Community Centre site and from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Officials say the project, which began in 2012, has done its best to preserve and reinstate as many original features as possible.

The building was finished in 1911 - despite the 1910 date above the door - and has been closed to the public since 1988.

The building did briefly re-opened in 2008 with supermarket Tesco offering to help renovate the site to land planning permission for a new store in the area.

Open the gallery to take a look at how the new work is progressing.