Water Cistern Cover Near to Entrance of Waswell House is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1986. Water-cistern cover.

Water Cistern Cover Near to Entrance of Waswell House

WRENN ID
night-slate-honey
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale MP: Jade Botterill (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 August 1986
Type
Water-cistern cover
Address
Water Cistern Cover Near to Entrance of Waswell House, Woolley
OS grid reference
SE 322 131
Coordinates
53.61371, -1.5135
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The water-cistern cover near the entrance of Waswell House is an early 19th-century structure made of ashlar stone. It has a hexagonal shape with Gothic-style, two-centred arched recessed panels on each side, one of which is open and features a wooden door. The cover is topped with a cornice and a stone pyramidal cap that is surmounted by a ball finial. This cistern was used by the gardeners of Woolley Hall, and there is a nearby walled garden.

Local climate

Water Cistern Cover Near to Entrance of Waswell House receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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