Sheep Dip in Bend of Road to South of Entrance of the Croft is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1986. Agricultural.

Sheep Dip in Bend of Road to South of Entrance of the Croft

WRENN ID
former-oriel-dale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale MP: Jade Botterill (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 August 1986
Type
Agricultural
Address
Sheep Dip in Bend of Road to South of Entrance of the Croft, New Road, Woolley
OS grid reference
SE 322 129
Coordinates
53.61194, -1.51415
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The sheep dip, located in the bend of the road south of the entrance to The Croft, is likely from the 18th century. It is constructed from well-coursed and dressed rubble. The structure features a rectangular walled enclosure with an entrance on the north side and an exit on the south side, which leads to a wide sunk stone trough. This trough has a groove for overflow that directs water to the east side, leading to the river bed of a stream, which is bordered by low stone walls and has an exit channel at the south-east corner. Historically, this sheep dip was used by the village farms, but it is now partly overgrown, and the river bed is dry.

Local climate

Sheep Dip in Bend of Road to South of Entrance of the Croft 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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