The Bath House is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1951. Baths house. 3 related planning applications.

The Bath House

WRENN ID
moated-ember-fern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Devon
Constituency
North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 June 1951
Type
Baths house
Address
The Bath House, Runnacleave Road, Ilfracombe, EX34 8AW
OS grid reference
SS 515 476
Coordinates
51.20903, -4.12694
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Bath House, also known as the Tunnel Baths, is a former bath house constructed in 1836. It is built of stucco, channelled to resemble ashlar. The building is single-storeyed and has four windows. A central entrance is distinguished by a portico in the Greek Doric style, with a distyle in antis design, and a doorway with a moulded case and an overlight above double panelled doors. Twelve-pane hornless sash windows are located on either side of the entrance. The building is finished with a cornice and parapet. The interior has not been inspected. Originally part of the developing resort, The Bath House provided hot and cold baths. It forms a group with Runnymede, The Baths House, the entrance to the tunnels, pool, and beaches, numbers 1-3 Bath Place, and numbers 2 and 3 Wilder Road.

Local climate

The Bath House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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