South Scarle Crossing Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1983. Cottage.
South Scarle Crossing Cottage
- WRENN ID
- odd-span-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Kesteven
- Constituency
- Sleaford and North Hykeham MP: Dr Caroline Johnson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- South Scarle Crossing Cottage, Bullpit Lane, Swinderby
- OS grid reference
- SK 863 639
- Coordinates
- 53.16528, -0.71059
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
South Scarle Crossing Cottage is a signal man's cottage built in the mid-19th century. It is constructed of brick and features slate roofs with dramatically overhanging eaves that are supported on coupled wooden brackets. The cottage has tall brick chimney stacks.
The southwest front has a single bay and a two-storey gable front, which includes a four-light casement square bay window beneath a shallow slate roof. Above this, there is a two-light casement window. To the northwest, there is a single-storey wing that also has a casement window.
On the southeast front, there is a wooden gable porch and a large cross casement window, along with a two-storey gable front that features a block door and a small casement window above it.
Local climate
South Scarle Crossing Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% 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 — 2 transactions since 1997
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