The Homestead is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1988. Cottage.
The Homestead
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-sill-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1988
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Homestead, 50, High Street, Easterton
- OS grid reference
- SU 021 551
- Coordinates
- 51.29556, -1.97088
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Homestead is a cottage dating from the 17th century, constructed with a timber frame and rendered panels, topped with a pantiled roof. Originally a single storey with an attic, it was likely raised to two storeys in the 18th century. The main living bay features a stone-built gable with a stack, and there is an inner room that may have originally served as the entrance. The door is now located at the low end of the living room, with a second entrance in the gable. It has a six-panelled fielded and panelled door with a flat canopy supported by cut brackets. The cottage also has 19th-century timber casement windows. The framing consists of three panels high, with a fourth panel added in lighter framing. At the rear, there is a parallel 20th-century block. Inside, the living room includes a chamfered spine beam and an open fireplace with an oven, along with a timber fire lintel.
Local climate
The Homestead receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% 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, more 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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