Fern Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 March 1960. A Late C17 Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Fern Cottage
- WRENN ID
- young-ledge-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 March 1960
- Type
- Cottage
- Period
- Late C17
- Address
- Fern Cottage, Salisbury Road, Steeple Langford, SP3 4NB
- OS grid reference
- SU 038 374
- Coordinates
- 51.13645, -1.94614
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fern Cottage is a detached cottage dating to the late 17th century, situated on Salisbury Road, Steeple Langford. The cottage is constructed of flint and limestone chequers, topped with a thatched roof, and features a brick stack on the right-hand side. It is single-storey with an attic, and has two casement windows visible from the front. The main entrance is located at the rear. The ground floor features two two-light casement windows, and the roof has two brick eyebrow dormers. The right return side includes a 20th-century single casement window. To the left is a flint and cob addition with a single two-light casement window and a hipped thatched roof. The rear of the cottage has a 19th-century outshut, containing a planked door and a two-light casement. The interior retains chamfered beams with convex stops and an open fireplace with a chamfered lintel resting on stone jambs. The first-floor landing features barleysugar balusters.
Local climate
Fern Cottage 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 greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 — 9 transactions since 1997
- 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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