12, 12A, 13 and 13A, Emlyn Square is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 February 1970. House, surgery, flats. 3 related planning applications.
12, 12A, 13 and 13A, Emlyn Square
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-joist-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- Swindon South MP: Heidi Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 February 1970
- Type
- House, surgery, flats
- Address
- 12, 12A, 13 and 13A, Emlyn Square, South Swindon, SN1 5BG
- OS grid reference
- SU 145 847
- Coordinates
- 51.56117, -1.79104
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These houses, a surgery, and flats at 12, 12A, 13, and 13A Emlyn Square were built between 1853 and 1854 for the Great Western Railway Company as part of a village designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel to house workers for the new railway works. Construction of the village began in 1842 and was completed by the 1850s.
The buildings are of limestone ashlar construction with black mortar, and have brick rear walls. They are two storeys and nine bays wide, with a low plinth. The main entrances are in the third and seventh bays, each with a chamfered surround and a straight, bracketed hood. A rear entrance is located in the fifth bay, with a pointed, segmental, chamfered head. The windows have chamfered stone surrounds with four-pane sashes dating to the 20th century. Shouldered gables are present above the first and ninth bays. Gabled returns are visible on Taunton Street and Exeter Street.
Local climate
12, 12A, 13 and 13A, Emlyn Square receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 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 1999
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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