68a, The Close is a Grade II* listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1972. A Post-Medieval House.

68a, The Close

WRENN ID
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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 October 1972
Type
House
Period
Post-Medieval
Address
68a, The Close, Salisbury, SP1 2EN
OS grid reference
SU 141 294
Coordinates
51.06402, -1.79978
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

68A The Close is a 17th-century building that includes former stables from the 18th century and later alterations. It is two storeys high, constructed of red brick with some grey headers. The residential section closest to the road has been restored with new tile hanging on the first floor and features a hipped old tile roof. On the south-facing side, there are four renewed casements on the first floor, a canted bay, and a similar casement on the ground floor. The entrance has a flat hood supported by shaped brackets. The former stables at the west end of the building have irregular leaded two-light casements, one dormer window, camber-headed leaded casements on the ground floor, and tall segmental arched double coach house doors. This section also includes some reused old stonework in the walling. All the listed buildings in The Close form an outstanding group.

Local climate

68a, The Close receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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