The Big House is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Big House
- WRENN ID
- rusted-glass-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Big House, St John Street, Hawkesbury, GL9 1BB
- OS grid reference
- ST 780 871
- Coordinates
- 51.58281, -2.31785
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 18th-century house built for Chief Justice Hale. It is constructed from coursed squared rubble with quoins, and has a Cotswold stone slate roof with a coped parapet and cornice. The house is two storeys high with three hipped dormers in the attic. It has five bays, featuring sash windows with glazing bars (eight panes over twelve panes) set within architraves. A central door, set within an architrave, was added in the 20th century.
Local climate
The Big House receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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