140, The Midlands is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1988. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

140, The Midlands

WRENN ID
bitter-cinder-ebony
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 June 1988
Type
Cottage
Address
140, The Midlands, Holt, BA14 6RG
OS grid reference
ST 863 621
Coordinates
51.35821, -2.19792
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No 140 is a cottage located at the end of a row, dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed from coursed rubble stone and features a stone slate roof with a brick stack on the right side. The building is two stories tall with an attic and has two windows on the front facade. There is a planked door situated in a trellis porch on the left, with a 2-light chamfered mullioned casement to the right. On the first floor, there are two additional 2-light mullioned casements. The attic includes a hipped dormer with a 2-light casement. The right side of the cottage has a lean-to extension that matches the style of the main building. At the rear, there is a 3-light mullioned casement on the first floor.

Local climate

140, The Midlands receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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