Rowcroft Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1987. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Rowcroft Cottage
- WRENN ID
- peeling-chalk-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 April 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Rowcroft Cottage, Spout Lane, Seend, SN12 6PE
- OS grid reference
- ST 949 614
- Coordinates
- 51.35252, -2.07424
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rowcroft Cottage is a pair of cottages that have been combined into one dwelling. The building dates from the 18th century, with a core that originates from the 17th century, and it was extended in the 19th century. The exterior features a mix of chequered brick and red brick, topped with a Bridgwater tile roof that has end stacks on the main range, while the 19th-century addition to the right has a slate roof and an end stack.
The structure stands two storeys tall. The main range includes a rubble stone wall at the west end, which indicates the line of an earlier house, along with a high stone plinth and chequered brick above. The right side has flush quoins. On the first floor, there are two pairs of casement windows, and on the ground floor, there are two 3-light stone flush mullion windows and a central boarded door. The extension features a 2-light flush mullion window on each floor, with a 20th-century 2-light window to the left where a former door was located.
Inside, the main range contains a moulded Tudor-arched stone fireplace and a chamfered spine beam.
Local climate
Rowcroft Cottage receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 6 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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