The Limes is a Grade II listed building in the Basingstoke and Deane local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 April 1984. House. 6 related planning applications.
The Limes
- WRENN ID
- far-frieze-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Constituency
- North West Hampshire MP: Kit Malthouse (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 April 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Limes, Bell Street, Whitchurch, RG28 7AE
- OS grid reference
- SU 461 481
- Coordinates
- 51.23067, -1.33987
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Limes is an early 19th-century building located on Bell Street in Whitchurch. It features a symmetrical facade on the south side, consisting of two storeys and three windows. The roof is low-pitched and hipped, covered with slate and has wide eaves. The walls are roughcast, with stone cills and a high plinth. The upper sashes are set in reveals and flanked by narrow side panes. There are French doors also accompanied by narrow side panes. The entrance has a six-panelled door with a fanlight, framed by pilasters, which are part of a former porch defined by a stone step and insets for column bases.
Local climate
The Limes receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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