Packhorse Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1986. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Packhorse Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- nether-steel-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 April 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Packhorse Farmhouse, Cricklade Road, Purton
- OS grid reference
- SU 094 894
- Coordinates
- 51.60349, -1.86505
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Packhorse Farmhouse is an early 18th-century farmhouse situated on the east side of Cricklade Road in Purton. It is constructed of rubble limestone with a slate roof. The building is two storeys high and originally comprised three bays, with a projecting rear wing. The central entrance features a six-panelled door surmounted by an ornamental fanlight, set within deep, round-headed reveals. Sixteen-pane sash windows are fitted with concealed boxes. A substantial brick stack is located to the left of the through hall, and another is situated in the right gable. The left bay has been partially rebuilt.
Local climate
Packhorse Farmhouse receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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