Washhouse Approximately 2 Metres North of Burton Hilll Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1984. Washhouse.
Washhouse Approximately 2 Metres North of Burton Hilll Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- lesser-vault-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1984
- Type
- Washhouse
- OS grid reference
- SD 672 898
- Coordinates
- 54.30337, -2.50489
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a washhouse located approximately 2 meters north of Burton Hill Farmhouse, likely built in the late 18th century or early 19th century. The structure is made of white-painted coursed rubble with quoins and has a graduated slate roof. It is a small rectangular building oriented on a north-south axis and faces east. The washhouse is a single storey, featuring a square-headed doorway on the left, a square 9-pane fixed window, and a square chimney on the north gable. It is part of a group that includes Burton Hill Farmhouse and a barn to the northeast. The interior has not been inspected. It was previously referred to as "washhouse to west."
Local climate
Washhouse Approximately 2 Metres North of Burton Hilll Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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