6, Sheep Street is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1955. House.
6, Sheep Street
- WRENN ID
- noble-railing-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- Swindon North MP: Will Stone (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1955
- Type
- House
- Address
- 6, Sheep Street, Highworth, SN6 7AA
- OS grid reference
- SU 201 925
- Coordinates
- 51.63103, -1.7096
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 6 Sheep Street is a 17th-century building that was formerly known as the Red Lion Inn, featuring a 18th-century brick front. The structure has undergone significant alterations and restoration. It stands two and a half storeys tall with a plinth and is constructed of painted brick. The roof is made of stone tiles and has two gabled dormers, along with brick chimneys at the gable ends. A moulded wooden eaves cornice projects over modillions on a moulded strip. On the first floor, there are two modern casement windows with six lights each. Above the ground floor, there is a band with a moulded base. Originally, there were four windows on the ground floor with rubbed brick flat arches; currently, there is one six-light window to the left and two to the right. The central door features a modern triangular hood. Iron hoops below the ground floor windows serve as a reminder that sheep pens were set up beside these houses on market days.
Local climate
6, Sheep Street 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 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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