Far Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. Cottage.
Far Cottage
- WRENN ID
- buried-iron-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Far Cottage, West Overton
- OS grid reference
- SU 145 673
- Coordinates
- 51.40491, -1.7922
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Far Cottage is a cottage dating from the 17th to 18th century. It is constructed of whitewashed sarsen stone and features a thatched roof. The building is single storey with an attic and consists of two bays, with an added garage on the right side. Inside, there is a living hall with a gable stack and service rooms located to the left of the central wide door, which has a glazed panel and is situated under an extension of the roof. The cottage has leaded windows and two flush dormers at the front, one of which is blind, as well as two dormers at the rear. The roof is half hipped and extends over the garage. There is also a 20th-century extension at the rear that has an asbestos roof.
Local climate
Far 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 greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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