Net Boiler is a Grade II listed building in the Folkestone and Hythe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1993. Structure.
Net Boiler
- WRENN ID
- south-basalt-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Constituency
- Folkestone and Hythe MP: Tony Vaughan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1993
- Type
- Structure
- Address
- Net Boiler, Battery Road, Lydd
- OS grid reference
- TR 091 183
- Coordinates
- 50.92692, 0.97498
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Net Boiler, dating from the late 19th century, is a square structure made of tarred brick, measuring approximately 4 by 5 feet wide and 2½ feet high, with a brick chimney located in one corner. It features a cemented parapet and has a circular metal tanning copper in the center. There is a rectangular aperture at ground level on one side. Net boilers were traditionally used for dyeing and preserving fishing nets and clothing, such as overalls and aprons. The circular copper tub would be filled with water, and a fire would be lit underneath. Resin from Burma was placed in a basket above the tub to dissolve slowly. Once the water was stained dark brown, the nets and clothes used for a day's fishing would be soaked in the solution to protect them from sea water damage. Fishermen typically boiled their nets on the same day, making it a social occasion. This particular tanning copper is larger than most examples and represents a very rare survival of a process linked to the fishing industry.
Local climate
Net Boiler receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.4°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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