1, The Planks is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 February 1970. House. 3 related planning applications.

1, The Planks

WRENN ID
grey-keep-elm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Swindon
Constituency
Swindon South MP: Heidi Alexander (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 February 1970
Type
House
Address
1, The Planks, South Swindon
OS grid reference
SU 159 835
Coordinates
51.55098, -1.77087
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

1 The Planks is a house dating from the 18th to early 19th century. It is built of coursed limestone rubble and has a stone slate roof featuring three hipped dormers and gable stacks. The house has a parallel rear wing that is similar in style but has interlocking tiles. It is two storeys high with an attic and comprises three bays. The entrance is located in a 20th-century hipped porch on the third bay. The windows are later timber casements with splayed stone lintels.

Local climate

1, The Planks 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. 2 3, The Planks Grade II 21 m
  2. Greystones Grade II 61 m
  3. Wall to Graveyard of Holy Rood Church Grade II 89 m
  4. Church of the Holy Rood Grade II 97 m
  5. 6, Dammas Lane Grade II 141 m
  6. Wall to `The Hermitage' Grade II 142 m
  7. Corn Exchange and Town Hall Grade II 172 m
  8. 22 and 24, Marlborough Road Grade II 176 m
  9. Redlands Grade II 182 m
  10. Square House Grade II 185 m