The Ferns is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1978. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
The Ferns
- WRENN ID
- wild-chapel-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 March 1978
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Ferns, 61, Portway, Warminster, BA12 8QH
- OS grid reference
- ST 874 455
- Coordinates
- 51.20889, -2.18056
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ferns is a good example of an early 19th-century detached cottage. It is two storeys high and built of coursed rubble, with brick quoins and a brick break on the right-hand side. Brick dressings and stone lintels are also present. The windows are glazing bar sashes, with two on the first floor and one on the ground floor. A six-panel door, with the upper two panels glazed, is located on the left-hand side, and is covered by a small metal hood. The roof is shallow-pitched and half-hipped, with gable ends and chimneys.
Local climate
The Ferns receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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 — 1 transaction since 2012
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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