17 and 18, Newport Street is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1986. A C18 House and gallery. 3 related planning applications.
17 and 18, Newport Street
- WRENN ID
- ruined-cornice-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- Swindon South MP: Heidi Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1986
- Type
- House and gallery
- Address
- 17 and 18, Newport Street, South Swindon, SN1 3DX
- OS grid reference
- SU 156 835
- Coordinates
- 51.55034, -1.77529
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 17 and 18 Newport Street is a house, now functioning as a gallery and dwelling, dating from the late 18th to early 19th century. It features painted brickwork and a slate roof. The building is three stories tall with two bays, extending to a further bay on the right for No. 18, and is two rooms deep. There is a carriageway through the center bay, which has a flat arch and keystone. The left gable has a stack, and there is a rear extension. The entrance includes a boarded and studded door, while No. 17 has a pair of 19th-century windows with stone lintels and two-pane sashes, along with a four-panel glazed door. No. 18 features a glazed door and a small paned bay window. A plat band runs at the floor levels, and the upper floors have 12-pane sashes with louvred shutters.
Local climate
17 and 18, Newport Street 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2008
- 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
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