3, 4 and 4a, Petticoat Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Boston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1975. Shop, office.

3, 4 and 4a, Petticoat Lane

WRENN ID
vast-remnant-willow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Boston
Constituency
Boston and Skegness MP: Richard Tice (RUK)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 February 1975
Type
Shop, office
OS grid reference
TF 328 441
Coordinates
52.97867, -0.02318
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 3, 4, and 4A on Petticoat Lane are two shops that have been converted into offices. They have origins dating back to the 17th century, with alterations made in the 18th and 19th centuries. The front is painted brick, while the sides and rear are made of red brick. No. 3 features a green pantile roof, while No. 4 and 4A have slate roofs. The buildings have brick coped gables and two gable stacks along with a single ridge stack.

The exterior consists of three storeys plus attics, with an eight-bay front that has a moulded and modillion eaves cornice. There are two 19th-century shop fronts with pilasters, brackets, and cast-iron glazing bars on No. 4. The windows on No. 4 include glazing bar sashes, while No. 3 has divided lights. On the first floor, there are two sashes to the left, a canted 19th-century flat-roofed oriel, a late 19th-century cross casement, a small fixed light, and four glazing bar sashes. The top floor features eight sash windows, all of which have flat brick wedge arches with keystones. In the roof, No. 3 has two gabled dormers with sashes. The gable end, constructed in English bond, displays a datestone with a partially legible date of "166-". The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

3, 4 and 4a, Petticoat Lane 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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