Sunnyside is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1988. Cottage.

Sunnyside

WRENN ID
distant-obsidian-bramble
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 January 1988
Type
Cottage
Address
Sunnyside, 40, Bulkington
OS grid reference
ST 942 582
Coordinates
51.32362, -2.08428
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Sunnyside is a detached cottage, likely dating from the 16th century. It features rendered timber-framing on a rubble stone plinth and has a double Roman tiled roof, with a half-hip on the left side and a hip on the right. There is an axial brick stack and a through passage leading to the rear of the main stack. The cottage is two-storey with a two-window west front. The central entrance has a half-glazed door, flanked by a 2-light casement window on the left and a 3-light casement on the right. On the first floor, there is a 2-light casement window to the left and a 3-light casement to the right. The left side has an added external stack. The rear features a planked door within a lean-to porch on the left and a 2-light casement window on the right. The first floor has a single-light casement and a 2-light casement window. Inside, there is a timber-framed partition on the north side of the through passage, a blocked open fireplace in the room to the right, deep chamfered beams with stepped stops, exposed joists, and planked doors. This small two-cell cottage retains many original features and is similar to the adjacent No 38. The north room was formerly unheated, and the 'hall' was located in the south room. The first floor is not accessible, but the original roof is likely intact.

Local climate

Sunnyside receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more 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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