2 and 3, Bences Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1980. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

2 and 3, Bences Lane

WRENN ID
pitched-doorway-acorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 December 1980
Type
Cottage
Address
2 and 3, Bences Lane, Corsham, SN13 0DD
OS grid reference
ST 872 707
Coordinates
51.43593, -2.1853
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The cottages at 2 and 3 Bences Lane date to the late 17th and 18th centuries, built of rubble stone with stone tiled roofs. Number 2 is a two-story cottage with a coped gable and stack at its north end. It has two first-floor windows, each with two recessed, ovolo-moulded lights. The ground floor has a two-light recessed chamfered mullion window with a hoodmould to the right, a door, and a single-light window with a hoodmould to the left. Flush quoins are visible at the north-west angle, and on the south-west side, the ground floor is slightly set back to the right of the first-floor angle. Number 3 is a single-story, attic cottage with a stack at its south end. The apparent 18th-century central front door is set within a raised bead-moulded surround, with casement windows on either side.

Local climate

2 and 3, Bences Lane 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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