156, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 January 1955. House. 7 related planning applications.
156, High Street
- WRENN ID
- patient-moulding-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 January 1955
- Type
- House
- Address
- 156, High Street, Royal Wootton Bassett, SN4 7AB
- OS grid reference
- SU 066 824
- Coordinates
- 51.54059, -1.90597
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century house that was altered in the 19th century. It is constructed of diaper brick and has a 20th-century tiled roof with two hipped dormers. The house is two storeys and has an attic, with gable stacks. At the rear are triple gabled extensions, each bay wide. The front elevation is wide, with the first and third bays featuring square stone bay windows with columns and pierced parapets, containing two-pane plate glass sashes. The front door is six-panelled, with a radial fanlight and an open, dentilled pediment supported by columns. Upper floor windows are four-pane sashes with chamfered stone lintels and sills.
Local climate
156, High Street receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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