General Stores is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 1988. Shop, sub post office, dwelling. 1 related planning application.
General Stores
- WRENN ID
- peeling-cornice-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 June 1988
- Type
- Shop, sub post office, dwelling
- Address
- General Stores, 61, A338, Collingbourne Kingston, SN8 3SD
- OS grid reference
- SU 238 557
- Coordinates
- 51.29995, -1.65927
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The General Stores in Collingbourne Kingston is a shop, sub post office, and dwelling that dates back to the 17th century, with extensions added in the 19th century. The building is single storey and attic, originally raised to two storeys, and features three bays. To the left, there is a single storey, two bay extension. The central entrance consists of a half-glazed door topped by a flat canopy supported on consoles. A plat band runs along the building. The windows on the first floor are a mix of 20th-century metal and wood. The structure has gable stacks, and the extension includes a door with a glazed panel and a 20th-century window. The roof is hipped at the left end beyond the stack and has a single purlin construction.
Local climate
General Stores receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 1 transaction since 1997
- 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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