1, 1A, 2 and 2A, Church Place is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 February 1970. Cottages. 1 related planning application.
1, 1A, 2 and 2A, Church Place
- WRENN ID
- peeling-fireplace-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- Swindon South MP: Heidi Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 February 1970
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- 1, 1A, 2 and 2A, Church Place, South Swindon, SN1 5ED
- OS grid reference
- SU 144 846
- Coordinates
- 51.56046, -1.79276
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 1, 1A, 2 and 2A on Church Place are a terrace of cottages built between 1853 and 1854 for the Great Western Railway Company. The cottages are constructed from ashlar limestone with Flemish bond brick at the rear and feature slate roofs. Each cottage is two stories high, one room deep, and has two bays. There is a central segmental pointed chamfered arch over the entry to the rear access. The design includes a low plinth, chamfered window surrounds, and 20th-century casements with rounded top corners. Gablets are present over the entry and the end bays.
The cottages were part of a village designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel to accommodate workers for the new Great Western Railway works. Construction began in 1842, with most buildings completed by 1855. The village layout consists of 12 terraces in six blocks on either side of the High Street, and it is recognized as one of Britain’s best-preserved and architecturally ambitious railway settlements.
Local climate
1, 1A, 2 and 2A, Church Place 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2009
- 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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