The Old Sheep Dip, 50 Metres East South East of Hymerford House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1984. Sheep dip.
The Old Sheep Dip, 50 Metres East South East of Hymerford House
- WRENN ID
- winding-flue-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 1984
- Type
- Sheep dip
- OS grid reference
- ST 539 128
- Coordinates
- 50.91369, -2.65631
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Sheep Dip, located 50 metres east-south-east of Hymerford House, is a sheep dip dating from the 19th century. It features local stone rubble walls and dressed stones that have grooves for water barriers. The layout includes a bypass to the main stream, a small bridge leading to an island with a platform for sheep handlers, a first dipping tank designed for one large sheep, and a secondary tank with a stone-paved exit ramp. The current owners uncovered the structure in June 1983, revealing an interesting survival that may be a very early example of its kind.
Local climate
The Old Sheep Dip, 50 Metres East South East of Hymerford House 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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