Gloucester House is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1955. House. 2 related planning applications.
Gloucester House
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-screen-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- Swindon North MP: Will Stone (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1955
- Type
- House
- Address
- Gloucester House, 6, High Street, Highworth, SN6 7AG
- OS grid reference
- SU 202 924
- Coordinates
- 51.63048, -1.70946
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gloucester House, built around 1832 for the notable local woolstapler Robert Jenner, is a three-storey building constructed of ashlar. It features a low-pitched slate roof with overhanging eaves. The façade has two windows with glazing bar sashes and decorative stone courses at the floor levels. The entrance includes a six-panel door topped by a marginally glazed transom light. Inside, there is a sweeping rail to the staircase.
Local climate
Gloucester House 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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