Sarcens is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. House.
Sarcens
- WRENN ID
- shifting-cupola-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- Sarcens, Hocker Bench, Bishopstone
- OS grid reference
- SU 246 837
- Coordinates
- 51.5518, -1.64653
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sarcens is an 18th-century building with a 'T'-plan and later alterations. It has one and a half storeys, a thatched roof, and brick chimneys. The exterior is finished in pebbledash. The gable end faces the road and features a range of three light 20th-century glazing bar casements with brick quoins. The return side has painted sarsen rubble. There is one eyebrow dormer and a modern porch located in the angle.
Local climate
Sarcens receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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