Povey's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. Cottage. 7 related planning applications.
Povey's Cottage
- WRENN ID
- far-ember-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Povey's Cottage, Tucker's Lane, Bishopstone, SN4 0DW
- OS grid reference
- SU 232 832
- Coordinates
- 51.54778, -1.66619
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Povey’s Cottage is likely an 18th-century thatched cottage with a hipped roof. It is a one-and-a-half-story building. A brick chimney is visible. The cottage has two small eyebrow dormers. Three modern casement windows and a modern glazed door are present. The walls are painted chalk rubble, with a brick gable end facing the lane and a rendered section to the west. A two-story 'L'-plan extension has been added to the east, featuring two eyebrow dormers and a thatched porch.
Local climate
Povey's 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2015
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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