South Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. Cottage.

South Cottage

WRENN ID
woven-groin-thunder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
Country
England
Type
Cottage
Address
South Cottage, 16, the Butts, Aldbourne
OS grid reference
SU 264 752
Coordinates
51.4759, -1.62
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

South Cottage is a cottage dating from the 17th to 18th century. It is constructed of stone rubble and has a thatched roof. The building is one storey high with an attic and consists of two bays. There is a door located in the left bay, which is a 19th-century four-panelled door set within a 20th-century outer porch. The cottage features four-light timber casement windows with timber lintels. There is a stack on the right gable. The thatch is hipped on the left side and sweeps over one flush dormer.

Local climate

South Cottage receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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