Cymbeline is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Cymbeline
- WRENN ID
- shifting-shingle-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Cymbeline, 51, the Borough, Downton, SP5 3LX
- OS grid reference
- SU 175 215
- Coordinates
- 50.99283, -1.75202
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cymbeline is a detached cottage dating from the 17th century. It is built of Flemish bond brick and has a thatched roof with a hip to the right and brick stacks. The cottage features one bay to the east with a cross range, is one storey and has an attic, and contains one window. The front, which is from the 19th century, includes a lean-to extension, two 20th-century bay windows, and one three-light leaded casement window in the attic. The left side has a 20th-century extension with a door and a 20th-century casement window, along with a two-light casement window in the attic. There is an external stack on the left return. The rear of the cottage has an outshut and a 20th-century extension.
Inside, the cottage features chamfered beams and open fireplaces on both the ground and first floors, each with chamfered lintels. There is a winding staircase located on the south side of the fireplace. The roof is constructed with clasped purlins.
Local climate
Cymbeline 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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