Mill Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1960. A C18 House.
Mill Cottage
- WRENN ID
- under-niche-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1960
- Type
- House
- Address
- Mill Cottage, Drewett's Mill, Box
- OS grid reference
- ST 832 698
- Coordinates
- 51.42752, -2.24272
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Mill Cottage is a house dating from the mid 18th century, constructed of rubble stone with a stone tiled roof. It features coped gables and has stacks at both the north end and the rear wing on the west end. The building is two storeys high with an attic and is designed in an L-plan. It has flush quoins and a double fronted appearance, with two 2-light flush cyma-moulded mullion windows on each floor, all equipped with dripstones. The central door is set in a chamfered doorcase and is topped with a hood supported by brackets. The south end wall includes a similar window in the attic and on the ground floor. The rear wing has a matching 3-light window on the north side for each floor and a 2-light window on the upper south side. There is also a single storey extension at the west end, featuring a coped gable and stone tiles. Inside, there is a Tudor arched fireplace located at the west end of the ground floor.
Local climate
Mill Cottage receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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