55a, The Close is a Grade II* listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1972. Former stables and coachman's house. 1 related planning application.
55a, The Close
- WRENN ID
- sacred-terrace-amber
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1972
- Type
- Former stables and coachman's house
- Address
- 55a, The Close, Salisbury, SP1 2EL
- OS grid reference
- SU 141 297
- Coordinates
- 51.06706, -1.79874
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
55A, The Close is an early 19th-century building located at the north end of the garden of number 55, The Close. It was originally stables and a coachman's house. The building is constructed of red brick with a hipped roof covered in old tiles. The ground floor features two basket-arched doorways and two camber-headed casements, with a central panel between them. Above, the first floor has two similar camber-headed casements, also flanking a central panel. The windows are two-light designs with leaded glazing. The buildings within The Close constitute an outstanding group, demonstrating group value.
Local climate
55a, The Close receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
- 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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