Spa Villa is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1987. Spa house.
Spa Villa
- WRENN ID
- keen-chancel-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1987
- Type
- Spa house
- Address
- Spa Villa, Hovingham
- OS grid reference
- SE 653 762
- Coordinates
- 54.17826, -1.00079
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Spa Villa is a spa house that has been converted into a private residence, built around 1835, likely by architect Ignatius Bonomi. The building is constructed from limestone rubble and features a Welsh slate roof. It has a spinal range with cross wings at either end and stands two storeys tall. The façade includes four first-floor windows, with a gabled central bay that slightly projects forward, and gabled cross wings that also break forward.
The central entrance features French doors, with a single-light casement window to the left. The left cross wing has a canted bay, while the right cross wing has French doors beneath an original veranda canopy. On the first floor, there are 2-light and single-light casement windows in the spinal range, as well as 2-light casements in the cross wings. Decorative pendants adorn the gable ends, and ridge stacks are present. An early engraving owned by the current owner indicates that the house remains largely unaltered, except for the removal of the bath house on the right end. Original sketches from 1835, held by the Worsley family, support the attribution of the design to Bonomi.
Local climate
Spa Villa receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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