The Rosary is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1952. House.
The Rosary
- WRENN ID
- stark-tower-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 February 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Rosary, Main Street, Long Marston
- OS grid reference
- SP 152 485
- Coordinates
- 52.13511, -1.77803
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rosary is a building that was originally two houses, now combined into one. It dates from the late 17th century, with a 1990 addition that connects the two originally separate structures. The exterior is made of coursed blue lias limestone and features steeply pitched stone slate roofs, which are laid in diminishing courses, along with renewed stone slates and stone stacks at the ends and ridges. The building has a U-shaped plan formed by two gabled wings and a 20th-century range.
The single-storey 20th-century range has a central entrance with a segmental arch and a keystone inscribed with "THE ROSARY," along with a stone inscribed "G J F" on the gablet. The windows include two-light, single-light, and four-light single-chamfered mullioned designs. A large lateral stack at the rear has a diagonal shaft, and there are large flat-roofed dormers flanking the gabled ends of the wings.
The left wing, formerly known as The Rosary, is two storeys high and has a two-window range. The entrance features a large lintel and a 20th-century glazed door, positioned to the right of a four-light recessed chamfered-mullioned window with a labelmould. There is an offset buttress on the left end, and the first floor has two two-light windows flanking a stone inscribed "S G F." The end of this wing has an entrance with a three-centred head above a 20th-century glazed door, accompanied by a small light to the left and a single light above, along with an end stack. The left return includes a large catslide lean-to outshut with a 20th-century French window at the front.
The right wing, formerly Rose Cottage, is one storey with an attic and has a single-window range. It features a renewed three-light recessed chamfered-mullioned window with a labelmould and an offset buttress at the right end. The gable end has an altered three-light window on the ground floor with flat-faced mullions and a labelmould, as well as a three-light window in the attic and a stone with an oval panel inscribed "T 1672 C." The rear of this wing has a plain entrance and a large gabled 20th-century dormer. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Rosary receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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