Shower controls on separate wall from shower head?

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Silly question probably but is it possible to have the shower controls on a different wall from the shower head (this will be a shower with hot and cold supply not an electric shower)?

We are going to have a shower over the bath in our new bathroom. I want to have a glass bath screen that folds flat against the wall at the shower end (or as flat as possible anyway) so it's out of the way when bathing DC. So that would mean the shower controls have to go on the long wall down the side of the bath, rather than the shower end wall, otherwise they'll get in the way of the screen folding flat.

Both walls will be new stud walls so no chasing out required. We'll also need some bath controls or a diverted valve (bath tap will be an exofil)

So is this possible... and if so... would it look odd?

Thanks in advance

It is great - means you can turn the shower on without getting your arm wet!! Our controls are on the entry to wall in shower with shower head other end.

It won't look odd at all. We've got the shower controls in the same places as InsertUsernameHere and it's much, much better than having to reach all the way through and get a wet arm.

Ah great thanks! Yes you're right, no wet arm, I hadn't thought of that. Bonus

We had this in a rented flat and agree its much better, no leaping out of the way as the cold water spurts out before it warms up, no getting soaked when showering the DCs.

Next question - if I need to have both shower and bath controls, I presume I should put the shower controls high up and the bath controls low down... ?

sounds obvious now I've written it down!

I did this to avoid the cold wet arm. Works v well and looks fine.

We have an aqualisa digital shower and have an extra button on the wall as you come into the ensuite
You can turn the shower on before you get in the shower

This isn't what you are asking about (we will have our shower controls as you describe above in our new bathroom)... but have you seen this:

www.outasight-vb.com/

I can't wholeheartedly recommend as it is sitting boxed in my lounge but got the idea off mumsnet. Hoping it will be good for storing out of the way to bath the babies :)

I have looked at the outasight sister having seen it mentioned on MN. Looks very clever! However it won't work in our bathroom I realised as we have a very sloping ceiling and the fold out arm would stick out too far and hit the ceiling - we're going to have to have quite a short glass screen with a curved corner so as to clear the ceiling. Or possibly a folding glass screen though hoping to get away with a one piece one.

We have bath or shower selector and temperature control in one unit! One control does the bath or shower (left or right) and the other does the temperature. You can put them where you want and it looks neater. Ours are mid way up the wall but within easy reach so you can select bath fill or shower and temperature. The wall is tiled to it is easier just to have one control unit for everything. It is on a separate wall from the shower head. Look at Crosswater, Grohe, Hansgrohe for good examples.

Thanks Milly - you're right that would look neater but we want a hand held shower hose (for washing hair in the bath) as well as a fixed shower head, so that's why I think we may need two sets of controls? Unless you can get three way diverters?

Its perfectly normal to do what you want provided you are using concealed valves. Stick the valve in an area thats nearest to the entrance to the shower so you can turn it on and bring it to temperature before stepping in.

Quite often with walk in wet rooms we would install an on off valve at the entry and diverter in the shower, both lengthwise on one wall and the shower on the other wall.