33 and 34, The Ring is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1987. Farmhouse, cottage. 2 related planning applications.
33 and 34, The Ring
- WRENN ID
- swift-clay-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse, cottage
- Address
- 33 and 34, The Ring, Fonthill Bishop, SP3 5SQ
- OS grid reference
- ST 936 331
- Coordinates
- 51.09801, -2.09215
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 33 and 34 on The Ring are a farmhouse that has been converted into two cottages. They were built in the early 18th century and altered in the 20th century. The building is made of dressed limestone and has a concrete tiled roof, with brick stacks at the gable ends and coped verges. It has an L-shaped plan and is three stories high with three windows featuring casements.
The central entrance has a four-panelled door set within a depressed Tudor-arched stone case, which includes carved spandrels. Above the door is an oval plaque inscribed with the name William Baker. On either side of the door are three-light ovolo-mullioned casements. The first floor features three-light ovolo-mullioned casements on either side of a two-light ovolo-mullioned casement. The second floor, or attic, has three two-light chamfered mullioned casements with leaded lights.
On the right side of the building, there is a two-light ovolo-mullioned casement on the ground floor and first floor, along with a 20th-century casement on the first floor and a single ovolo-moulded casement in the attic. The left side has a four-panelled door with a blocked chamfered light to the right, a three-light mullioned casement to the left, and two-light mullioned casements on both the first floor and attic.
At the rear, there is a wing with a 20th-century flat-roofed extension attached to the left. The interior was not accessible during the survey in November 1985. This building was formerly known as Baker's Farmhouse; William Baker was a significant freeholder in the mid-18th century, and the farm remained in the Baker family until it was purchased by William Beckford in 1796.
Local climate
33 and 34, The Ring receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 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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