The Close Including Maisonette Numbers 1 and 2 is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. House.
The Close Including Maisonette Numbers 1 and 2
- WRENN ID
- idle-cloister-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Close Including Maisonette Numbers 1 and 2, 40, High Street, Thornbury
- OS grid reference
- ST 636 899
- Coordinates
- 51.60691, -2.52623
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Close, including maisonette numbers 1 and 2, is a building that underwent mid to late 18th century remodelling of a 17th century house. It features a rendered hipped slate roof with a blocking course and a moulded cornice. The structure has two storeys and an attic, with hipped dormers. The front elevation displays two 16-pane glazing bar sash windows. The side elevation contains nine windows, all of which are glazing bar sashes. Maisonette No 2 has a six-panel door beneath a fanlight with a plain stone surround, while No 1 has a later door beneath a hood supported by brackets. Inside, there are stop-chamfered beams in several rooms.
Local climate
The Close Including Maisonette Numbers 1 and 2 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 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1995
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