Number 8 and Old Forge Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Number 8 and Old Forge Cottage
- WRENN ID
- over-frieze-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Number 8 and Old Forge Cottage, Downton Road, SP5 4HD
- OS grid reference
- SU 169 240
- Coordinates
- 51.01545, -1.75989
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 8 and Old Forge Cottage are a pair of attached cottages dating from the early 18th century. They are constructed of Flemish bond brick and feature a tiled roof with brick stacks. The buildings are two stories high and have a total of four windows. No. 8, located on the right, has a planked door set in a chamfered wooden case, with two 2-light cast-iron casements to the right. Old Forge Cottage, on the left, has a combination of 3-light and 2-light cast-iron casements, along with a 20th-century casement inserted in a blocked doorway. On the first floor, there are four 2-light cast-iron casements. The left side of the building features a 19th-century outshut with a front door leading to Old Forge Cottage and plain bargeboards. The rear of the cottages includes 20th-century gabled outshuts. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Number 8 and Old Forge Cottage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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
- No sale records on file
- 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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