Boons 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.

Boons Cottage

WRENN ID
odd-step-grove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 July 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
Boons Cottage, Downton, SP5 4HQ
OS grid reference
SU 176 237
Coordinates
51.01301, -1.7502
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Boons Cottage is a detached cottage dating from the late 17th century. It features square-panelled timber-framing and a half-hipped thatched roof, with an axial brick stack. The cottage has a baffle-entry design and consists of three bays. It is two storeys high and has two windows on the front. The central entrance is a planked door, with a two-light casement window on either side. The first floor has two additional two-light casements.

On the right side, there is a three-light casement on both the ground and first floors, as well as in the attic. The left side has one two-light casement on the first floor and attic, and a 20th-century casement on the ground floor. The rear of the cottage features an outshut that was heightened in the 19th century, with two-light casements, and a single casement on the first floor. The outshut and the timber-framing of the rear wall are covered with corrugated iron.

Inside, the north room has a large open fireplace with a chamfered lintel that has run-out stops. The south room contains a blocked fireplace, and there are chamfered ceiling beams with step and run-out stops throughout. The interior also features planked doors, and the original winding stairs have been replaced by stairs in the outshut around 1800.

Local climate

Boons Cottage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% 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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