The Sulphur Bath is a Grade II* listed building in the Amber Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1967. A C18 Bath house.
The Sulphur Bath
- WRENN ID
- veiled-wall-tallow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Amber Valley
- Constituency
- Mid Derbyshire MP: Jonathan Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 1967
- Type
- Bath house
- Address
- The Sulphur Bath, Kedleston
- OS grid reference
- SK 318 405
- Coordinates
- 52.96122, -1.52787
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sulphur Bath is a bath house built between 1759 and 1762, possibly designed by Robert Adam. It is constructed of red brick with a cement render and features a Welsh slate roof. The building is single storey with a symmetrical three-bay south elevation. The central section is open and supported by paired columns that have capitals decorated with foliage and egg and dart motifs. The entablature is missing, and there are iron railings between the columns. On either side of the central section are pedimented pavilions, each featuring a single blind round arch and an entablature above. The end walls also have similar blind arches, with Diocletian windows located in the upper part. The north elevation includes a half domed apse at the center and round arches with Diocletian windows in the pavilions. Inside, there is an apse at the rear with four steps leading down to the spring. The side walls have blind round arches with raised and fielded panelled doors that open into the plunge baths, which have steps down on two sides. The building is currently semi-derelict.
Local climate
The Sulphur Bath receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% 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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