Bowmaker House and Area Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 February 1970. House. 1 related planning application.
Bowmaker House and Area Railings
- WRENN ID
- dusted-rampart-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- Swindon South MP: Heidi Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 February 1970
- Type
- House
- Address
- Bowmaker House and Area Railings, 32, Wood Street, South Swindon, SN1 4AB
- OS grid reference
- SU 155 837
- Coordinates
- 51.55255, -1.77642
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bowmaker House, located at 32 Wood Street in Swindon, is a house that has been converted into offices. It was built in the mid to late 18th century and features a stucco exterior with a concealed slate roof. The building is two stories tall and has four bays, with the entrance door positioned in the third bay. The door is framed by a porticoed doorcase and has a 20th-century six-panel fielded door. The windows are paired and set within a stone architrave that includes a keystone. The interior has been altered, and there is a front area that is enclosed by cast iron railings.
Local climate
Bowmaker House and Area Railings 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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