Elmbury Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1986. Cottage.

Elmbury Cottage

WRENN ID
under-tin-owl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 May 1986
Type
Cottage
Address
Elmbury Cottage, Sheepwash Lane, Wylye
OS grid reference
SU 009 376
Coordinates
51.13781, -1.98748
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Elmbury Cottage is a detached cottage dating from the early 17th century, with an extension added in the late 17th century. It is constructed of banded flint and limestone, topped with a thatched roof that has a half hip on the right and a hip on the left, along with a brick stack on the left side. The cottage is a single storey with an attic and features two windows with casements.

The entrance is a baffle-entry that was formerly gable-end, with a planked door located to the left of the early 17th-century section. To the right of the door, there are two 2-light casements, and a late 17th-century bay to the left of the door contains a 3-light casement. The attic features a single casement and a 3-light casement. The right side of the building has a 3-light casement in the attic, while the left side has a 20th-century two-light casement in the attic, along with an attached weatherboarded lean-to extension. The rear of the cottage has 2-light casements.

The interior was not accessible during the survey in September 1985, but records from the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England noted a chamfered beam with bar stops on the ground floor of the earlier section. The first floor includes an open fireplace with a chamfered cambered lintel set on stone jambs, and the attic has a chamfered doorcase with ogee stops. The late 17th-century bay features a chamfered beam with ogee stops, and the roof is a two-bay butt purlin construction.

Local climate

Elmbury Cottage 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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