139 and 139a, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 1985. A Victorian House, shop. 2 related planning applications.
139 and 139a, High Street
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-iron-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 August 1985
- Type
- House, shop
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- 139 and 139a, High Street, Royal Wootton Bassett
- OS grid reference
- SU 067 825
- Coordinates
- 51.54186, -1.90412
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This early 19th-century house, now a shop, stands on the southeast side of High Street in Wootton Bassett. It is constructed of rendered brick with raised rendered dressings. The building has three stories and a two-bay central stack shared with the adjacent property at number 138. A 20th-century shop front occupies the ground floor. The upper windows are four-pane sash windows with segmental heads and keystones. The facade rises as a parapet. The building is listed primarily for its group value alongside numbers 136-141.
Local climate
139 and 139a, 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 — 1 transaction since 2001
- 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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