Verger's Cottage 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.
Verger's Cottage
- WRENN ID
- roaming-ember-moth
- 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
- Verger's Cottage, Churchyard, Westbury
- OS grid reference
- ST 874 514
- Coordinates
- 51.26223, -2.1818
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Verger's Cottage is an early 19th-century building located in Westbury Churchyard. It is two storeys high and constructed of whitewashed brick, designed in three stages that create a picturesque appearance, with each stage slightly shorter than the one to its left. The roof is made of pantiles, and there are gable end chimneys flanking the central section of the building.
The main part of the cottage, which is the largest, features a band at the first-floor level. On the left side, there is a tall glazing bar fixed light window that interrupts the band. To the right, there are a three-light and a two-light window on the first floor, along with a two-light window on the ground floor; these windows are unevenly spaced and have small panes. The central section includes a doorway with six raised and fielded panels, supported by plain brackets beneath a plain flat narrow hood. Above the doorway, there is a two-light window.
The right-hand section of the cottage, which was formerly a barn, has a two-light window on the ground floor, while the gable end and rear are finished with weatherboarding. A curved garden wall leads to a path towards Edward Street, featuring a "Gothic" pointed doorway with wrought iron hinges, which now serves as a garden gateway.
Local climate
Verger's Cottage receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
- 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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