Sheep-Wash 220 Metres North-West of Bridehead is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Sheep-dip.
Sheep-Wash 220 Metres North-West of Bridehead
- WRENN ID
- heavy-lead-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1985
- Type
- Sheep-dip
- OS grid reference
- SY 587 889
- Coordinates
- 50.69859, -2.58555
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sheep-Wash, located 220 metres north-west of Bridehead, is a 19th-century structure made of stone. It features a circular revetting wall with flat top stones, measuring approximately 4 metres in diameter. The entrance to the sheep dip is on the east side, accessed through a revetted stone passage, while the exit is via a low tunnel on the west side.
Local climate
Sheep-Wash 220 Metres North-West of Bridehead receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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