17, Emlyn Square is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 February 1970. A C19 House.

17, Emlyn Square

WRENN ID
half-bronze-rowan
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Swindon
Constituency
Swindon South MP: Heidi Alexander (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 February 1970
Type
House
Address
17, Emlyn Square, South Swindon, SN1 5BN
OS grid reference
SU 145 847
Coordinates
51.56185, -1.79178
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

17, Emlyn Square is a house built between 1845 and 1846, originally serving as an electricity substation for the Great Western Railway Company. The building is constructed from coursed squared rubble and features a slate roof. It is two stories tall with three bays. The central entrance is flanked by a substation inserted in the right bay. The door and windows have chamfered stone quoined surrounds, all topped with label moulds. The ground floor has twelve-pane casements, while the upper floor has sixteen-pane casements.

This house is part of a village designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel to accommodate workers for the Great Western Railway. The village's construction began in 1842, with most buildings completed by 1855. The area is recognized as one of Britain's best-preserved and architecturally ambitious railway settlements.

Local climate

17, Emlyn Square 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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