The Spinning Wheel is a Grade II listed building in the Lincoln local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1969. House, cafe.

The Spinning Wheel

WRENN ID
lone-pewter-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lincoln
Constituency
Lincoln MP: Mr Hamish Falconer (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 October 1969
Type
House, cafe
Address
The Spinning Wheel, 39, Steep Hill
OS grid reference
SK 976 717
Coordinates
53.23411, -0.53866
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Spinning Wheel is a house that has been converted into a café. It dates back to the 16th century and incorporates parts of a medieval building, with alterations made in the late 18th and 19th centuries. The exterior features close studded timber framing, a stone rear wall, and a brick plinth, topped by a steeply pitched pantile roof. The first floor jetties out over the ground floor. The building has two storeys plus attics and consists of two bays.

The entrance is marked by an off-centre beaded doorcase with an overlight, which is flanked on the left by three oriel windows with glazing bars and cornices, the central window being smaller. To the right, there is a similar window with small flanking lights. All windows are supported by iron brackets. Above the ground floor, there are two 2-light sliding sash windows, with the one on the right being smaller. Further up, there are two dormers with segmental heads, one featuring a glazing bar sash and the other a sliding sash.

Inside, the café retains much of the original timber structure.

Local climate

The Spinning Wheel receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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