1 and 2, Cowage Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1986. Cottage.
1 and 2, Cowage Cottages
- WRENN ID
- under-belfry-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 1 and 2, Cowage Cottages, Whetham, Calne, Derry Hill & Studley, SN11 0PT
- OS grid reference
- ST 980 683
- Coordinates
- 51.41404, -2.02969
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 1 and 2, Cowage Cottages are two cottages that are believed to be part of a larger house that was demolished. They date from the 17th century and are constructed of rubble stone with a stone slate roof. The cottages are two storeys high with an attic.
The rear wall features a massive stack and a ridge stack. The front of the cottages has a four-window range with a gable on the left side, which now has casement windows on each floor. To the right, there is a two-window range with two-light stone ovolo-moulded mullion-and-transom windows that have hoodmoulds; the upper pair is intact, while the ground floor door and two-light window with transom have been removed. The right bay contains a door with a two-light 17th-century timber mullion window above it.
At the rear, there is a similar two-window range of mullion and transom windows with hoodmoulds in the center. The left bay has a blocked door with a pair of casement windows beneath a moulded lintel, while the right bay features a two-light timber-mullion window on each floor, and a chimney gable projects to the right. Inside, the ground floor south end room has a stone fireplace with a moulded shelf and a finely moulded beam.
Local climate
1 and 2, Cowage Cottages receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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