Packhorse Corner, and Numbers 5 and 6 is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1986. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Packhorse Corner, and Numbers 5 and 6
- WRENN ID
- upper-landing-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 April 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Packhorse Corner, and Numbers 5 and 6, Packhorse Lane, Purton, SN5 4HU
- OS grid reference
- SU 095 895
- Coordinates
- 51.60494, -1.8641
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A group of five cottages, now reduced to three, dating back to 1605 with later alterations. They are arranged in two parallel blocks connected by a linking block, creating a Z-shaped plan. Behind the main structures lies Packhorse Corner, originally numbers 2 to 4. The cottages were initially timber-framed with thatched roofs. Numbers 5 and 6 are now fronting the road and are constructed of colourwashed limestone with brick quoining, also featuring thatched roofs. All the cottages are single-storey with attics. Modern doors are set beneath thatched open porches. They have timber casement windows. The thatch slopes over eight dormers and is hipped at the ends. Number 6 was formerly a smithy.
Local climate
Packhorse Corner, and Numbers 5 and 6 receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 1998
- 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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