Pickwicks is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 July 1989. House.
Pickwicks
- WRENN ID
- bitter-parapet-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 July 1989
- Type
- House
- Address
- Pickwicks, Salisbury Street, Mere
- OS grid reference
- ST 813 324
- Coordinates
- 51.09073, -2.26728
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Pickwicks is a house located at the end of a street row, dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed from coursed squared rubble and has a pantile roof. The building is two storeys high and features a symmetrical front with two ground floor shop display windows, each with 28 panes, set above stone stall risers. These windows flank a 20th-century part-glazed door. On the first floor, there are two 16-pane sash windows that are aligned with the front wall and have wooden lintels. There is a blocked central opening where a former window once existed. The house has two brick stacks at the gables. The gable return faces Pennybank Lane, and there is a deep wing beyond that, which is not of special interest. This building was previously used as a bakery and grocer's shop. The attractive bow windows do not have their original glass. It is likely that Pickwicks was built as a pair with Potters Croft.
Local climate
Pickwicks receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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