The Ropewalk is a Grade II listed building in the North Lincolnshire local planning authority area, England. Industrial building. 2 related planning applications.
The Ropewalk
- WRENN ID
- kindled-foundation-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Lincolnshire
- Constituency
- Brigg and Immingham MP: Martin Vickers (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Industrial building
- Address
- The Ropewalk, Waterside Road, Barton, DN18 5JT
- OS grid reference
- TA 029 229
- Coordinates
- 53.69284, -0.4429
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ropewalk is a large industrial building dating from 1767, with the north half rebuilt between 1921 and 1922. It is constructed of red brick with a pantile roof and features shuttered windows. The building is exceptionally long, measuring approximately 4000 yards. Its original purpose was the manufacture of ropes, initially made from hemp and later from sisal, up to 44 inches in circumference.
The building comprises several sections. The right-hand extension has a moulded gable end facing the road, topped with a mansard roof covered in pantiles. This section has been partially rebuilt and features a brick dentil eaves cornice. The side elevation includes segmental-headed windows and a door, with two windows of three lights, modern glazing, and a round-headed radiating fanlight above the door. The road elevation is notable for a circular window positioned above a segmental-headed hoist door featuring a keystone, as well as two windows and one modern addition at ground level. A section dated 1807 (I.H. 1807) is linked to the main ropewalk by a more recent building. Internally, the building contains a queen post roof truss with a collar beam.
Local climate
The Ropewalk receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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