May Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. A 17th century Cottage. 1 related planning application.
May Cottage
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-flue-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- May Cottage, Mays Lane, Chiseldon, SN4 0LQ
- OS grid reference
- SU 187 796
- Coordinates
- 51.5153, -1.73159
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
May Cottage is a thatched and rendered cottage dating to 1623. It is one and a half storeys high, with a half-hipped roof. The cottage has two rendered chimneys, one bearing a datestone indicating 1623. Three eyebrow dormers each contain two casement windows. There are five assorted windows on the ground floor, mostly modern replacements. Two porches are present, one significantly larger, along with a thatched bay window added in the 1830s. A well head is located within the front garden. The cottage has a gable end facing the road, set upon a high, battered base.
Local climate
May Cottage 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 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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