The Old Timbers is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 March 1976. A C17 Cottage.
The Old Timbers
- WRENN ID
- little-oriel-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 March 1976
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Timbers, Cox's Lane, Shalbourne
- OS grid reference
- SU 316 629
- Coordinates
- 51.36463, -1.54706
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Timbers is a 17th-century cottage located on Cox's Lane in Shalbourne. It features a timber frame with brick noggings and has a shingled roof. The building is single-storey with an attic and consists of 2½ bays. The front has a 20th-century lean-to with a timber door, and the framing is two panels high. The cottage has 20th-century timber windows. The right gable has been rebuilt and includes an external stack, with an additional stack situated between the left half-bay and the second bay. At the rear, there is a large part-detached brick extension that was added in 1976, along with a linking porch.
Local climate
The Old Timbers receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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