The Little House is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1987. A C18 House. 3 related planning applications.
The Little House
- WRENN ID
- tired-stronghold-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 April 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Little House, 37, High Street, Worton, SN10 5RU
- OS grid reference
- ST 979 575
- Coordinates
- 51.31682, -2.03144
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Little House is an 18th-century house located on the south side of Worton High Street. It is constructed of painted brick with ashlar dressings and features a Bridgwater tile roof with end stacks. The building is two stories high and has a three-window front, characterized by ashlar flush quoins and gauged brick window heads that include thin stone keystones. On the first floor, there are two pairs of casement windows on either side, with a blank panel in the center. The ground floor has two-light flush stone mullion windows on each side and a central six-panel door topped with a stone hood supported by brackets. There is also a southeast rear wing.
Local climate
The Little House receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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