Wash House Between Numbers 49 and 50 is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 November 1984. Wash house.

Wash House Between Numbers 49 and 50

WRENN ID
long-rampart-grain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 November 1984
Type
Wash house
Address
Wash House Between Numbers 49 and 50, Lower Harlestone
OS grid reference
SP 708 643
Coordinates
52.27236, -0.96292
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The wash house located between numbers 49 and 50 in Lower Harlestone was built around 1851 by E. Blore. It features squared coursed lias with ashlar dressings and a plain tiled roof. The building has a one-unit plan and is a single storey. It includes a large three-light casement window with a transom, cast iron diamond panes, and an ashlar surround in the end gable. There is a brick and stone stack at one end and a plank door on the side. This wash house is part of a planned layout that includes ten houses and accompanying wash houses, specifically numbers 43 to 52.

Local climate

Wash House Between Numbers 49 and 50 sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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