40 and 42, Wide Bargate is a Grade II listed building in the Boston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1975. House.
40 and 42, Wide Bargate
- WRENN ID
- eastward-ledge-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Boston
- Constituency
- Boston and Skegness MP: Richard Tice (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 1975
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- TF 330 444
- Coordinates
- 52.98108, -0.02024
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
40 and 42 Wide Bargate are houses that have been converted into a shop. They date from the early 18th century and have undergone alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. The exterior features painted stucco, a slate roof, brick coped gables, and a single gable stack.
The building is two storeys high with attics and has a four-bay front that includes a moulded fascia. The shop front is from the 20th century and has plain console brackets supporting the fascia and a blind box. On the first floor, there are four plain sash windows with flat heads and unmoulded stucco keystones. The attic features two gabled dormers, each with plain sashes. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
40 and 42, Wide Bargate sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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