Number 74 (Verger's Cottage) and Number 75 is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1980. Cottage.
Number 74 (Verger's Cottage) and Number 75
- WRENN ID
- upper-lime-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 1980
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Number 74 (Verger's Cottage) and Number 75, Church Hill, West Overton
- OS grid reference
- SU 134 681
- Coordinates
- 51.41212, -1.80854
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Number 74, known as Verger's Cottage, and Number 75 are two cottages located at right angles to each other, dating from the 17th century and 1746. They are constructed from sarsen blocks that have been repaired and raised with brick, topped with a thatched roof. Number 75 includes an end bay extension of Verger's Cottage and a one-bay forward extension facing the road.
Verger's Cottage consists of three bays and is a single-storey building with an attic that was raised to two storeys in 1746, as indicated by a datestone, and part of the front has been rebuilt. It features a central boarded door with a thatched canopy, timber paned casement windows, and brick dentilled eaves. There is a rebuilt stack at the junction with the extension that is now part of Number 75, and a projecting oven at the rear. The gable end of the extension has been underbuilt in the 20th century, while above it shows an exposed timber framed truss and a half hipped roof. The property was awaiting renovation as of March 1986.
Local climate
Number 74 (Verger's Cottage) and Number 75 receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% 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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