The Old Sheepwash and Footbridge is a Grade II listed building in the Newark and Sherwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1952. Footbridge, sheepwash.
The Old Sheepwash and Footbridge
- WRENN ID
- crooked-keystone-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newark and Sherwood
- Constituency
- Sherwood Forest MP: Michelle Welsh (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 August 1952
- Type
- Footbridge, sheepwash
- Address
- The Old Sheepwash and Footbridge, Thurgarton
- OS grid reference
- SK 674 494
- Coordinates
- 53.03813, -0.99566
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Sheepwash and Footbridge is a footbridge and sheepwash dating from the late 17th century, constructed of dressed coursed rubble. The footbridge features a single arch with a parapet on each side. The western arch has a groove for a shutter. Below the bridge, there is a paved rill, with a wall extending from the left that drops down and curves around. The wall on the right is lower and interrupted by a small flight of stone steps that run at a sharp angle to the wall. In the angle between the steps and the wall, there is a stone trough. Beyond the steps, the wall continues in a semi-circular curve, followed by a small straight section with grooves for a shutter, and then a section where the wall curves similarly to the left side. Water drops steeply just before the steps, and next to the steps, in the center of the rill, is a large oval stone container.
Local climate
The Old Sheepwash and Footbridge 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 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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