Community Washplace is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1988. Washplace.
Community Washplace
- WRENN ID
- far-bonework-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1988
- Type
- Washplace
- Address
- Community Washplace, New Road, Easterton
- OS grid reference
- SU 020 552
- Coordinates
- 51.29593, -1.9713
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The community washplace in Easterton is a notable structure that features a washing area adjacent to a stream. It has red brick paving, which was renewed in the 20th century. The washplace includes a square brick well house topped with concrete, which supports a 19th-century cast iron hand pump. At the base of the well house, there is a gated area that leads to a dipping well.
Local climate
Community Washplace 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 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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