The Beeches is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1987. A C18 Rest home. 3 related planning applications.
The Beeches
- WRENN ID
- pitched-pinnacle-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 July 1987
- Type
- Rest home
- Address
- The Beeches, St. Paul Malmesbury Without, SN16 0EE
- OS grid reference
- ST 934 865
- Coordinates
- 51.578, -2.09528
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Beeches is a former house, now a rest home, dating from the late 18th century with 19th-century alterations. The building is constructed of rubble that is rendered and colourwashed, featuring ashlar stone on the bays of the south front, with ashlar copings and gabled stone slate roofs supported by end brick stacks on stone bases. It has a U-shaped plan and the south front is two storeys high with three windows.
The outer bays are two-storey canted structures from the 19th century, which include 2-pane sash windows, while the central section features an upper 18th-century Venetian window with moulded abaci and a keystone, along with a central 6-pane sash window that has a 'Y' traceried head and sidelights. There is a central doorway with an engaged Doric porch and a part-glazed door, accessed by steps. The building has moulded string courses at the first and second floors on the bays, and a moulded string course below the blocking course parapet of the recessed centre section. Two gabled dormers are present, masked by bay parapets, and there is an additional doorway and sash windows on the east side wall. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Beeches receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1999
- 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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