The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- strange-beam-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Cottage, Barford Lane, Downton, SP5 3QA
- OS grid reference
- SU 182 215
- Coordinates
- 50.99346, -1.74147
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a detached cottage, dating from the early 18th century, with a later extension added in 1949. It is constructed of Flemish bond brick, topped with a half-hipped thatched roof and features brick stacks. The gable end faces the road. The two-storey front has a five-window arrangement on the right return. A 20th-century door has been inserted, alongside three two-light and two three-light casement windows. A blocked door has been replaced with a single casement. The right bay is a 1949 addition built in a matching style. The first floor has a single three-light casement window and three eyebrow dormers with two-light casement windows. The right return has 20th-century French windows. A rear extension was also added in the 20th century. Inside, the cottage features chamfered beams with step and runout stops. There is an open fireplace with a chamfered lintel sitting on brick jambs.
Local climate
The Cottage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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