Gipton Spa is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1951. Bath house.
Gipton Spa
- WRENN ID
- dusted-porch-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds North East MP: Fabian Hamilton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1951
- Type
- Bath house
- Address
- Gipton Spa, Gledhow Valley Road
- OS grid reference
- SE 319 363
- Coordinates
- 53.82213, -1.51574
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gipton Spa is an open-air bath with origins dating back to the 17th century, likely rebuilt around 1800. It is constructed from coursed squared gritstone and features a stone slate roof. The building is a gabled bath house with a high wall on the south side that encloses a plunge bath measuring approximately 3 meters square and 1.75 meters deep, with a platform on three sides. The bath house has an entrance at the southwest end, showcasing restored quoined jambs, a moulded string, a circular light in the gable, and moulded gable coping. A small metal plaque on the door lintel reads: 'GIPTON SPA/ This bath-house was built in 1671/ Ice cold water from a nearby spring/ was conducted here to a sunken bath/ Also inside was a small fireplace/ to sweat the patients after bathing'. The previous listing description noted an inscribed stone stating: 'Hoc faecit Edwardus Waddington de Gleadhowe Annovae Domini 1671', which was not seen during the review. The roof has been partially robbed.
Local climate
Gipton Spa receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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