Ithaca Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. A 19th century Cottage.
Ithaca Cottage
- WRENN ID
- dusk-quoin-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Period
- 19th century
- Address
- Ithaca Cottage, Bishopstone
- OS grid reference
- SU 246 835
- Coordinates
- 51.55034, -1.64624
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ithaca Cottage is an early 19th-century building that was originally slate-roofed. It is one and a half storeys tall, constructed from rubble with some parts rendered, and features brick quoins. The cottage now has a thatched roof with brick chimneys at both ends. The west gable end is half-hipped and includes shaped stone set in the masonry. Dormers are present only on the north side, which faces the path. The garden front has a central brick porch with a catslide roof, flanked by casement windows that have dormers above them. There is a modern extension to the left, and the interior has been modernised.
Local climate
Ithaca Cottage receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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