Wash House to Yellow Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. A C19 Wash-house.

Wash House to Yellow Cottage

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Lindsey
Constituency
Louth and Horncastle MP: Victoria Atkins (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 October 1987
Type
Wash-house
Address
Wash House to Yellow Cottage, Church Lane, West Keal
OS grid reference
TF 368 634
Coordinates
53.15102, 0.04562
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The wash house to Yellow Cottage is a 19th-century structure located on the west side of Church Lane in West Keal. It is built of red brick and features a pantile roof with a brick ridge stack. The building is single storey with a two-bay front. On the right side, there is a planked door and a two-light sliding sash window. This wash house is included in the listing for its group value only.

Local climate

Wash House to Yellow Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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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