Oak Beams is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.
Oak Beams
- WRENN ID
- north-loft-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Oak Beams, High Street, Shrewton, SP3 4BZ
- OS grid reference
- SU 068 441
- Coordinates
- 51.19683, -1.90286
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Oak Beams is a detached cottage dating from the early 18th century. It features a distinctive exterior of flint and limestone chequers, with English bond brick on the left side and Flemish bond brick on the sides. The cottage has a half-hipped thatched roof and a brick stack at the rear, with the gable end facing the street.
The building is two stories high and has a three-window front. The central door is flanked by a three-light metal casement window on the right and a three-light recessed chamfered mullioned window with a hoodmould on the left. On the first floor, there are three two-light casements and one single chamfered light above the door. The right side of the cottage has no windows, while the rear is constructed of limestone and flint and features a lateral stack with toothed capping and one fixed window on the ground floor. The left side has one two-light casement on the first floor, along with a 20th-century porch and a flat-roofed extension.
Inside, the cottage includes chamfered beams with step and run-out stops. The first floor has some wainscot partitioning and a blocked open fireplace with a chamfered stone lintel featuring bar stops.
Local climate
Oak Beams receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% 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
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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