Sheepwash is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1994. Sheepwash.
Sheepwash
- WRENN ID
- grim-jade-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 March 1994
- Type
- Sheepwash
- Address
- Sheepwash, Winkle Street, Calbourne, Newtown and Porchfield
- OS grid reference
- SZ 423 866
- Coordinates
- 50.67761, -1.40223
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sheepwash, located in Calbourne, is likely from the 17th century. It features an enclosure made of Bembridge stone walls that are about 3 feet high. One side has a late 18th century or early 19th century horseshoe-shaped arch, which is lined with two courses of brick voussoirs and some ironstone. The opposite side includes a narrow channel, approximately 2 feet wide, with grooves for a gate. A sheepwash at this site is recorded in a survey of Swainston Manor from 1640 and again in a Tithe Commission Survey from 1842. In the mid-18th century, the owner of Westover attempted to charge local farmers for its maintenance, but they successfully contested this in court. The last use of the sheep dip occurred in 1975, making this a rare survival.
Local climate
Sheepwash receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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