Wash House to Rear of Numbers 26, 27 and 28 is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 November 1998. Wash-house. 3 related planning applications.

Wash House to Rear of Numbers 26, 27 and 28

WRENN ID
iron-window-tide
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Northamptonshire
Constituency
Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 November 1998
Type
Wash-house
Address
Wash House to Rear of Numbers 26, 27 and 28, Ashton Green, PE8 5LD
OS grid reference
TL 055 882
Coordinates
52.48185, -0.44705
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a wash-house built between 1900 and 1901 by William Huckvale for Charles Rothschild, located at the rear of Numbers 26, 27, and 28 in Ashton Green. It is constructed from coursed rubblestone and features a pyramidal thatch roof with a stone stack that has a moulded ashlar flue. The building has a rectangular plan and is a single storey, with plank doors that face the rear of the cottages. This wash-house is part of the significant group of model estate buildings in Ashton created by Charles Rothschild.

Local climate

Wash House to Rear of Numbers 26, 27 and 28 sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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