The Old Workhouse Cottages and Attached Outbuilding is a Grade II listed building in the North Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1987. Cottages.
The Old Workhouse Cottages and Attached Outbuilding
- WRENN ID
- half-newel-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Kesteven
- Constituency
- Sleaford and North Hykeham MP: Dr Caroline Johnson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1987
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- The Old Workhouse Cottages and Attached Outbuilding, 1 and 2, Egg Shell Alley, Wellingore
- OS grid reference
- SK 986 565
- Coordinates
- 53.09723, -0.52877
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Workhouse Cottages and attached outbuilding are a pair of cottages believed to have been the old workhouse, dating from 1782 and the early 19th century. They are constructed of coursed limestone rubble and brick, with a pantile roof featuring two gable ends and a single rear lateral brick stack. The eaves are adorned with brick dentillation. The building is two stories high and has six bays.
The cottage on the left has a central doorway with a plank door, flanked by single two-light sliding sash windows, all featuring segmental brick heads. Above, there are two cross casements at the eaves. The cottage on the right has a central half-glazed door, flanked by single plain three-light sliding sash windows, with two similar windows above, all with wooden lintels.
To the right of the cottages is a single-storey outbuilding that has a single plank door. The north gable of the outbuilding features a plaque inscribed 'W. M. 1782'.
Local climate
The Old Workhouse Cottages and Attached Outbuilding 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
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