Lushill House is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. Villa.

Lushill House

WRENN ID
fossil-balcony-saffron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Swindon
Constituency
Swindon North MP: Will Stone (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Villa
Address
Lushill House, Castle Eaton
OS grid reference
SU 161 939
Coordinates
51.64453, -1.76807
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lushill House is a country villa that was likely built around 1797 and later modified. Originally three storeys, it was reduced to two storeys during a Victorian enlargement. The house features ashlar stonework with a band above the ground floor and chamfered quoins, as well as a parapet with moulded coping. The central section of the building is balustraded and flanked by urns, and it has a concealed slate roof.

The east front has three bays with a slight break in the centre, showcasing glazing bar sash windows. The central first-floor window features a moulded architrave, while the ground floor side windows have moulded architraves and cornices. A central solid portico with a tripartite pillar arrangement and a glazed doorway replaces the original Ionic portico, which is now located on the north front. The north front retains a two-storey bow with a balustraded parapet on the left, which was replicated in 1965 on the right side, along with a three-bay section that includes a four-column Ionic portico in antis taken from the garden front. The rainwater heads are marked with a "B" for Barker. The 1965 alterations were designed by architect Tom Bird. Inside, the house features a pleasant Georgian pastiche with an oval top-lit stair hall, and the south-east room retains its original decoration.

Local climate

Lushill House 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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