The Sheiling is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 June 1986. Cottage.
The Sheiling
- WRENN ID
- sharp-courtyard-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 June 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Sheiling, Fifield, Enford
- OS grid reference
- SU 145 503
- Coordinates
- 51.25169, -1.79255
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sheiling is a 17th-century cottage located in Enford, constructed with a timber frame and featuring a brick and flint gable. It has a thatched roof and is a single storey with an attic. The main block of the cottage includes a short wing on the left side that contains a side entrance. The framing is three panels high with corner braces present only in the wing, which has a lean-to built around an external wing stack. The right gable is made of brick laced flint and includes the principal stack and a blocked low opening. The cottage has 20th-century timber paned windows, while the first floor features leaded windows.
Local climate
The Sheiling receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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