Stables to Wedhampton Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1988. Stables.
Stables to Wedhampton Cottage
- WRENN ID
- steep-basalt-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1988
- Type
- Stables
- Address
- Stables to Wedhampton Cottage, Urchfont
- OS grid reference
- SU 060 575
- Coordinates
- 51.3167, -1.91524
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stables to Wedhampton Cottage are a Grade II listed building from the early to mid-19th century. They are constructed of colourwashed brick with stone dressings and feature a slate roof. The building has a tall central arched carriageway that is gabled at both the front and rear. On the south side, there are two carriage houses with three-centred ashlar arches and timber doors. The attic includes horizontal oval windows. Additionally, there are two bays on the north side that form stables, which also have an oval window. The gable ends are raised and coped. Notable decorative features include a fox head carving over the carriageway arch and triple horses' feet carvings above the doors under the arch.
Local climate
Stables to Wedhampton Cottage receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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