Cruachan Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1955. Cottage.
Cruachan Cottage
- WRENN ID
- south-hammer-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1955
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Cruachan Cottage, 31, Chiseldon
- OS grid reference
- SU 173 806
- Coordinates
- 51.52455, -1.75118
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cruachan Cottage is a 18th century, one and a half storey small cottage thatched with sarsen rubble. It features a brick chimney on the left side and a small dormer in the center that is cut into the thatch. On the ground floor, there are two windows and a central door, all with timber lintels. At the rear, there is a projection for a bread oven.
Local climate
Cruachan Cottage receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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