The Durhams is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1986. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Durhams
- WRENN ID
- fossil-cobble-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 December 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Durhams, Church Street, Bowerchalke, SP5 5BH
- OS grid reference
- SU 022 234
- Coordinates
- 51.01079, -1.96934
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Durhams is a detached cottage dating to around 1700. The ground floor is constructed of limestone, while the first floor is of Flemish bond brick with vitrified headers. The roof is thatched, with a hip to the right-hand side, and has a brick stack to the left. The cottage is in an L-shape. The front of the cottage has two windows. A lean-to porch with a 20th-century door is situated to the right, and a three-light casement window is on the left. The first floor has two two-light casement windows. To the left of the cottage is a weatherboarded extension and a 20th-century garage, both under a thatched roof. The right return features a timber-framed first floor with a single-light casement window to the rear wing, along with 20th-century casement windows. The interior was not inspected. This building holds group value as a well-preserved example of an early 18th century cottage.
Local climate
The Durhams receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2003
- 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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