Priory Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 1985. House. 2 related planning applications.
Priory Cottage
- WRENN ID
- grim-cobble-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 August 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Priory Cottage, 28, Wood Street, Royal Wootton Bassett, SN4 7BD
- OS grid reference
- SU 065 826
- Coordinates
- 51.54246, -1.90714
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Priory Cottage is a house dating from the 16th to 17th century, constructed of stone with pebbledashing, timber framed gables, and a stone slate roof. The building is two storeys high and consists of two parallel ranges that face the street. The left range has one bay with a front stack and a cellar that has been extended forward, while the adjoining range has two bays with a lateral stack. The windows are leaded within timber casements, with some 17th century iron casements, and feature timber lintels.
Inside, there are stacks of axe dressed ashlar stone. The right wing includes a fireplace with chamfered stone jambs and a chamfered cambered oak lintel. The stack in the left range boasts a fine overmantel dating to around 1600. The staircase between the ranges has late 17th century turned balusters. The ceilings are supported by deep chamfered beams. This building is believed to be located on the site of the small hospital of St. John, which was founded in 1266 and dissolved before 1500. Some of the internal dressed stone, including one with a recessed curved handrail, is likely reused from the hospital.
Local climate
Priory Cottage receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 2 transactions since 2016
- 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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