Townsend is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1985. House.

Townsend

WRENN ID
proud-courtyard-starling
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 July 1985
Type
House
Address
Townsend, Sutton Hill, Sutton Mandeville
OS grid reference
ST 984 286
Coordinates
51.0571, -2.02393
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Townsend is a detached house dating from the mid-17th century, with early 20th-century additions and alterations. It is constructed of uncoursed dressed limestone and features a thatched roof with stone stacks, forming an L-plan layout. The house is two stories high and has a three-window front.

To the left of the center, there is a porch that includes a 20th-century two-light ovolo-mullioned window beneath a catslide roof. To the left of the porch is a three-light ovolo-mullioned window, and to the right is a three-light recessed hollow-chamfered mullioned window. On the first floor, there is a three-light recessed hollow-chamfered mullioned window, along with a four-light and a three-light recessed chamfered mullioned window.

The right side of the house has a single recessed chamfered light in the attic, while the left side features a two-light and a three-light 20th-century mullioned window with hoodmoulds, as well as a single recessed chamfered light in the attic. The house has coped verges. At the rear, there is an early 20th-century wing designed in the same style, which includes two-light mullioned windows. The rear and interior of the house were not accessible during the survey conducted in March 1985.

Local climate

Townsend receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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