The Roman Bath Public House is a Grade II* listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1954. Public house. 1 related planning application.
The Roman Bath Public House
- WRENN ID
- night-balcony-azure
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- York
- Constituency
- York Central MP: Rachael Maskell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1954
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Roman Bath Public House, 9, St Sampson's Square, YO1 8RN
- OS grid reference
- SE 603 519
- Coordinates
- 53.95993, -1.08187
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Roman Bath Public House is a public house located at No. 9 St Sampson's Square in York. It was built between 1929 and 1931 and incorporates remains of a 4th-century Roman bath-house, which was constructed for the 6th and 9th Legions. The pub was designed by B Wilson.
The exterior features a ground floor made of rusticated stone with ashlar dressings, while the first floor has a replica of timber-framing with red brick infill, including some herringbone patterns and some stretcher bond. The roof is made of Westmorland slate with a brick stack.
The building has two angled fronts to fit its corner site, both of which are two storeys high and consist of two bays, with one bay in each front gabled. The main front on St Sampson's Square has an entrance at the right end, featuring a panelled door with an overlight in a doorcase supported by half-octagonal columns capped with finials. To the left of the entrance is a four-light mullion window. On the first floor, the gabled bay is jettied on corbels and brackets and has a four-light window, while above the door is a single casement window. The secondary front to the left mirrors the details of the main front, with the original door blocked by a fixed light window. All windows are leaded and include coloured glass motifs.
Inside, parts of a Roman caldarium, frigidarium with apse, and hypocaust footings are preserved in the cellar. The public house was formerly known as The Mail Coach.
Local climate
The Roman Bath Public House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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