[5] In 2018 Bristol City Council transferred responsibility for the building to the charity Fusion Lifestyle on a 35-year lease with a peppercorn rent.

[4]: 115 An offer on land owned by the Society of Merchant Venturers[15]: 7  was made on 20 March 1877,[6] and City Surveyor Josiah Thomas submitted plans to the Council in April 1879 which were approved unanimously.

[4]: 115  The Council withdrew its plans and returned in 1885 with more modest proposals, costing half as much as the original, with cost-saving measures such as using Cattybrook wire-cut facing bricks instead of stone dressings.

[19] The Dance Company rescued and reused a now internationally acclaimed 330m2 rosewood sprung floor from another baths in Bristol and installed it over the top of the former pool.

[15] In May 2016 the Council listed the baths as an asset of community value,[7] and arranged with Artspace Lifespace a temporary 6-month lease for the building starting in September 2016 to 'caretake' the property until a permanent solution could be found.

Their commissioned report found that the historic fabric of the building was significantly damaged and would require prompt action to restore it to an adequate condition.

[24] On 4 December 2017 the Council agreed to lease the building on a peppercorn rent for 35 years to Fusion Lifestyle, subject to receiving an acceptable and sustainable full business plan.

In January 2023, Fusion Lifestyle withdrew a restoration plan as a pool and leisure centre due to increased energy costs.