Description

ST 83 SW MERE BURTON

2/12 Sheepwash on Ashfield
Water, with railings.

II

Remains of sheepwash basin. Probably Cl9. Squared drystone limestone blocks to
large stone coping blocks. Walls are c1.25 m high enclosing a roughly
coffin-shaped space c.ll m long overall and 4 m wide at the widest; the right
hand (east) end is very narrow, and at the left end a return length of walling
former a sluice-way or gateway. Left of this the walling runs c25 m alongside
the road, then returns at right angles for c6 m. There are remanants of a stone
paved floor in the small enclosure, but much of this now (October 1987)
overgrown. On the road edge a set of railings in 9 panels with square posts at
c2.5 m centres carrying a top rail of rod, and a lower rail with small close set
vertices all set to the coping of the main structure. An interesting
historical survival, once much more common in the area of the Downs.

Listing NGR: ST8250732576

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26495683

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)