The Poplars is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1976. A Early-mid C19 House. 3 related planning applications.
The Poplars
- WRENN ID
- quiet-loft-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1976
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Poplars, 166, Wyke Road, Hilperton, BA14 7NT
- OS grid reference
- ST 862 598
- Coordinates
- 51.33801, -2.19912
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Poplars is an early to mid-19th century house. It is two storeys and has an attic. The house is constructed of ashlar stone, with a slight central break, corner piers, a projecting plinth, a band above the ground floor, and an eaves band between the central and side piers. It has three windows, with glazing bar sash windows. A central projecting porch features Doric columns, a moulded frieze, a cornice, and a panelled blocking course. The front door is a three-panel door with a traceried fanlight. The roof is slate, with coped verges, moulded footstones, and gable end ashlar chimneys. Two 2-light casement dormers have moulded cornices. There is a single-storey extension to the east.
Local climate
The Poplars receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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 — 4 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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