Magdalen Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Magdalen Cottage

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Swindon
Constituency
East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
Country
England
Type
Cottage
Address
Magdalen Cottage, Rotten Row, Wanborough, SN4 0AN
OS grid reference
SU 208 833
Coordinates
51.54902, -1.70072
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Magdalen Cottage is a 18th century one and a half storey thatched cottage located in Lower Wanborough. It features two dormers with thatch and gable end brick chimneys. The exterior is made of painted rubble. There are two windows and an altered central catslide porch, which includes a door and small flanking windows. A bread oven projects from the south-west corner of the cottage.

Local climate

Magdalen 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2000
  • 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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