The Gables is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1960. House.
The Gables
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-ashlar-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1960
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Gables, Upper Castle Combe
- OS grid reference
- ST 847 776
- Coordinates
- 51.49745, -2.22089
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gables is a house located in Castle Combe, built in 1705 and altered in 1877, as indicated by the datestones. The building is marked on the Ordnance Survey map as Three Gables. It features rubble stone that is painted with a sand-textured finish, a thatched roof, coped gables, and an ashlar end wall with ridge stacks. The house has one-and-a-half storeys and a three-window range, with a recessed central section.
The windows are recessed cyma-moulded mullions with hoodmoulds and leaded lights throughout. There are three coped dormer gables, each with two-light windows; one dormer has the datestone R.S. 1709, and another has E.C.L. 1877. On the ground floor, the left side has a three-light window and a door with a renewed stone hood; the center has a three-light window; and the right side features a door and a three-light window. The rear of the house has three dormer gables with timber mullion three-light windows. The building has undergone significant restoration in the 20th century.
Local climate
The Gables receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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