Asserton House is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1986. House. 1 related planning application.
Asserton House
- WRENN ID
- low-gutter-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Asserton House, Duck Street, Berwick St. James, SP3 4TZ
- OS grid reference
- SU 074 393
- Coordinates
- 51.15375, -1.89455
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Asserton House is a detached house built in the late 18th century, rebuilt in the early 19th century, and reroofed around 1860. The front is made of limestone ashlar, while the sides are constructed from flint and rubble stone. It features a Welsh slate, two-span roof with brick stacks and consists of two parallel ranges. The house is two stories high with a three-window front dating from around 1830. The central entrance has a 20th-century door with a transom light, flanked by 12-pane margin-pane sashes set in elliptically-arched panels. On the first floor, there are three 12-pane sashes with margin panes. The attic includes three gabled dormers with 6-pane sashes, and the slate roof has deep eaves supported by paired brackets.
On the left side of the house, there is a 6-panelled door, a three-light casement window, and a 12-pane margin-pane sash. The first floor has a sash window, a blocked window, and another sash to the left in the attic. The right side features a 6-panelled door with a transom light and a sash window on the ground floor, along with 8-pane and 12-pane sashes on the first floor, and a sash in the right attic.
At the rear, there is a single-storey range of mid-19th century outbuildings that enclose a service courtyard. These outbuildings have three-light casements, 16-pane sashes, planked doors, and slate roofs. Inside the house, there are 6-panelled doors, a central staircase with two stick balusters per tread, shaped cheeks, a moulded and wreathed handrail, and window shutters.
Local climate
Asserton House receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% 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 53% 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 — 1 transaction since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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