The Washing Place, 5 Metres South of West Wells Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1973. Washing place.
The Washing Place, 5 Metres South of West Wells Cottage
- WRENN ID
- eternal-beam-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 June 1973
- Type
- Washing place
- OS grid reference
- ST 539 123
- Coordinates
- 50.90895, -2.65633
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Washing Place, located 5 metres south of West Wells Cottage, is a historic washing place with an associated well or spring. Its exact date is uncertain, but it is believed to be ancient. The structure features a rubble wall surrounding an ashlar cistern made of Ham stone. The area is enclosed by a wall on three sides, measuring approximately 1.5 metres by 3 metres. Within this enclosure is the cistern, which has a stone lid and includes one lead and one iron spout that discharges into a stream.
Local climate
The Washing Place, 5 Metres South of West Wells Cottage receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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