Apshill Cottage Edith Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1987. Cottage.
Apshill Cottage Edith Cottage
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-gargoyle-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 October 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Apshill Cottage Edith Cottage, Forest Road, Wootton Rivers
- OS grid reference
- SU 198 635
- Coordinates
- 51.37046, -1.71667
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Edith Cottage and Apshill Cottage are a pair of cottages built in the 18th century, located on the east side of Forest Road in Wootton Rivers. The cottages are constructed from colourwashed stone and brick, topped with a thatched roof.
Edith Cottage, on the left, has two bays and features a lean-to at the end. Apshill Cottage, on the right, consists of three bays with a boarded door on the left and 19th-century timber casement windows. The lower storey of Apshill Cottage is made of stone and has a datestone from 1717 in brick above a plain band. There are 20th-century extensions at the rear of both cottages. The roof is hipped and includes two brick stacks. Inside, there are timber framed rear walls, cross partitions, and spine beams.
Local climate
Apshill Cottage Edith Cottage 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 lower 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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