2 and 3, Sheep Street is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1955. House.

2 and 3, Sheep Street

WRENN ID
first-garret-bracken
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Swindon
Constituency
Swindon North MP: Will Stone (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 January 1955
Type
House
Address
2 and 3, Sheep Street, Highworth, SN6 7AA
OS grid reference
SU 202 925
Coordinates
51.63097, -1.70916
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 2 and 3 Sheep Street is a building, likely from the mid-18th century, situated on a much older site. It stands two and a half storeys tall and has five bays. The structure is built of rubble with flush ashlar quoins and quoined dressings. It features a coved cornice with a moulded cornice at the eaves and a stone tile roof that includes two gabled dormers and two ridge chimneys. One chimney is located on the right-hand gable and has a weathered base with a brick block cornice. The windows are glazing bar sash types set in flush moulded frames. On the ground floor, there are two large Edwardian square bays with four windows each, along with a wide segmental archway that shows traces of a painted sign reading ".... Smith, Dealer, Foreign Spirits." The arch has a key and chamfered corners, with a door to the right. Beyond the door, there is a window next to a loose ashlar block that is dated "E.W. 1763."

Local climate

2 and 3, 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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