City of Westminster councillors have given their backing to Make Architects’ proposals to refurbish the grade II-listed Seymour Leisure Centre, adding a new community library and cafe in the process.

Designed by Kenneth Cross and completed in 1937, the Marylebone centre was built as a palazzo-style red-brick courtyard block with two swimming pools in concrete structures concealed at the centre.

Last year, Westminster’s cabinet allocated £40m for the building’s refurbishment, which will include a new base for Marylebone Library over two floors.

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