The Carnery is a Grade I listed building in the Winchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1950. A C14 Charnel house. 1 related planning application.

The Carnery

WRENN ID
watchful-portal-cedar
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Winchester
Constituency
Winchester MP: Dr Danny Chambers (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 March 1950
Type
Charnel house
Address
The Carnery, the Close, SO23 9LS
OS grid reference
SU 481 292
Coordinates
51.06092, -1.31483
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Carnery is a 19th-century building, constructed in 1833, located in The Close. It features a medieval charnel house, with remains found in the wall to the west of the Cathedral. The structure is made of stone and flint and stands two storeys high. It has a distinctive roof covered with old tiles, which is ripped and includes two gabled dormers. All listed buildings in The Close are part of a group value context.

Local climate

The Carnery receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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