17, Lowbourne is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1985. House.
17, Lowbourne
- WRENN ID
- under-railing-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- 17, Lowbourne, Melksham
- OS grid reference
- ST 906 639
- Coordinates
- 51.37464, -2.13547
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 17 is an attached house from the mid-19th century, located on the north side of Lowbourne in Melksham. It is constructed of ashlar stone and features a Welsh slate roof, with the gable end facing the street. The house is two stories tall and has one window. There is a door situated in a classical wooden porch on the right side, while a canted bay window is on the left. The first floor includes one casement window with margin lights and a canopy above it. The gable is adorned with decorative bargeboards that feature traceried carving and trefoils, along with a circular classical plaque. The rear of the house is made of brick and has a pantiled roof. This property has group value with Nos 15, 15a, and 15b.
Local climate
17, Lowbourne receives an average of 830 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 57% 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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