White Wells is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1976. House.
White Wells
- WRENN ID
- scarred-threshold-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bradford
- Constituency
- Keighley and Ilkley MP: Robbie Moore (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1976
- Type
- House
- Address
- White Wells, Roman Road, Ilkley
- OS grid reference
- SE 118 467
- Coordinates
- 53.9169, -1.8218
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
White Wells is a building mainly from the 18th century, located on Roman Road in Ilkley Moor. It is two storeys high and constructed of white-painted rubble, featuring stone slab roofs and gable chimneys. The building has a total of five windows. Inside, there are two deep circular baths that have been hollowed out of the rock, which are supplied with a constant flow of water from nearby springs. This site is historically significant as it was the first foundation for Ilkley's development as a resort.
Local climate
White Wells sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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