Lantern Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1978. A C17-C18 Residential cottage. 4 related planning applications.
Lantern Cottage
- WRENN ID
- gentle-minaret-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1978
- Type
- Residential cottage
- Address
- Lantern Cottage, Elcombe, Wroughton, SN4 9QL
- OS grid reference
- SU 128 812
- Coordinates
- 51.52959, -1.81593
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lantern Cottage is a thatched cottage likely built in the 1690s or early 18th century. It has one and a half storeys and is constructed of painted chalk. The cottage features two eyebrow dormers and a chimney positioned on the ridge to the right of the center. There are two doors, which are connected to the windows by common lintels, with the windows being casements.
Local climate
Lantern Cottage receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% 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 1996
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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