Merrett's Roost is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1987. House. 1 related planning application.
Merrett's Roost
- WRENN ID
- vast-sill-hazel
- 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
- Merrett's Roost, Norney Road, Marston, SN10 5SQ
- OS grid reference
- ST 964 570
- Coordinates
- 51.31265, -2.05208
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Merrett's Roost is a 17th-century house constructed of painted brick, likely replacing an earlier timber-frame structure. It features a half-hipped roof with a ridge stack and is 1½ storeys tall. The ground floor includes a door with a pair of casement windows to the left, a triple casement window, and a small triple casement window to the right. On the first floor, there is a pair of casement windows located under an eyebrow dormer. Additionally, there is a 20th-century lean-to at the north end of the building.
Local climate
Merrett's Roost receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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