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| HER Number: | MDV23943 |
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| Name: | The Baths House, Runnacleave Road, Ilfracombe |
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Summary
A bath house built in 1836 at a time when Ilfracombe was becoming a popular resort.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 515 476 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS54NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Ilfracombe |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | ILFRACOMBE |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS54NW/91
- Old Listed Building Ref (II)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BATH HOUSE (Built, XIX - 1836 AD to 1836 AD)
Full description
Department of Environment, 1973, Ilfracombe UD, 25 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV85109.
The Baths House (or Tunnel Baths), Runnacleave Road. Dated 1836. 1 storey rusticated stucco front with cornice and parapet. 4 sash windows. Central Greek mutular doric portico including 2 fluted columns and pilasters in antis, entablature with triglyphs and guttae. Pediment.
This is a good Greek revival building on a small scale, and also is interesting as one of the buildings forming the nucleus of the new resort.
Watts, M., 2023, Bath House, Ilfracombe (Ground Photograph). SDV365873.
Photo of the exterior.
Ordnance Survey, 2024, Mastermap 2024 (Cartographic). SDV365834.
Marked as The Bath House.
Unattributed, c1980, The fascinating story of the Tunnels Beaches, Ilfracombe (Leaflet). SDV364937.
The Bath House was built in 1836, at a time when Ilfracombe was becoming a popular resort. It stands at the entrance to the tunnels, with which it is contemporary, which were cut through the rocks to the cove below where sea bathing pools were created, one for men, the other for women. Between two of the tunnels was a boiler house with an engine to pump sea water up to the baths.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV364937 | Leaflet: Unattributed. c1980. The fascinating story of the Tunnels Beaches, Ilfracombe. Leaflet + Digital. |
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| SDV365834 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2024. Mastermap 2024. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #142176 ] |
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| SDV365873 | Ground Photograph: Watts, M.. 2023. Bath House, Ilfracombe. Photograph (Digital). |
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| SDV85109 | List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest: Department of Environment. 1973. Ilfracombe UD. Historic Houses Register. 25. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV78905 | Related to: The Tunnels, Ilfracombe (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 18 2024 4:29PM |
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