Spa Baths is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 1988. Spa bath house, dwelling, shop. 2 related planning applications.
Spa Baths
- WRENN ID
- cold-rubblework-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 February 1988
- Type
- Spa bath house, dwelling, shop
- Address
- Spa Baths, Spa Lane, Boston Spa, LS23 6AG
- OS grid reference
- SE 434 455
- Coordinates
- 53.90393, -1.34037
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A spa bath house, dating from 1834 and built for The Spa Bath Company, now used as a private dwelling and shop, with alterations made since. The building is constructed of ashlar magnesian limestone on a rock-faced plinth, with a graduated slate roof. It has a U-shaped plan and a principal front with 2, 3, and 3 windows, overlooking the River Wharfe. The rear entrance is located between the wings, facing Spa Lane.
The riverside front has a battered plinth and a canted central projection with a sill band and 20th-century casement windows beneath flat arches. To the right are three 20th-century casements, and to the left are two larger casements in altered openings. The roof is hipped, with two ridge stacks and a stack to the ridge of the right-hand rear wing. The rear elevation features a blocked window on the left wing, a doorway on the right wing, and an infill section between the two wings which is not of particular interest. The right return has two blind windows with projecting sills and flat arches, along with a 20th-century casement on the right.
The baths were built to capitalise on the widespread demand for the medicinal properties of the Spa water spring, which was first discovered nearby in 1744. The building is included on the list partly due to its historical importance.
Local climate
Spa Baths receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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