The White Hart is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1988. Inn. 2 related planning applications.
The White Hart
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-crypt-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1988
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- The White Hart, Bath Road, Atworth, SN12 8JR
- OS grid reference
- ST 867 659
- Coordinates
- 51.39251, -2.19182
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The White Hart is an inn dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed of limestone ashlar and features a stone slate mansard roof with coped verges and stone stacks. The building consists of two parallel ranges with a rear service wing. It is two storeys high with an attic and has three windows across the front.
The entrance is located to the right of centre and consists of double flush-panelled doors topped with an open pediment on brackets. There are pairs of 12-pane sash windows on either side of the entrance. A plat band runs along the first floor, where there are pairs of sashes flanking a round-arched sash window, and a moulded stone eaves cornice is present. The lower pitch of the mansard roof has three 2-light attic casements.
On the left side of the building, there is a rendered return with a 2-light casement on the ground floor and a 2-light mullioned casement on the first floor. The right return features a large projecting stack on the left. The rear parallel range, which has a slightly lower roof and is a later addition to the front, includes a 16-pane sash window and a 2-light recessed cyma-mullioned casement on the ground floor, as well as two pairs of beaded sashes on the first floor.
The rear wing on the right has external stone steps leading to a four-panelled door on the first floor, and there is an attached cartshed with double planked doors. Inside, the inn has chamfered beams, along with some 20th-century alterations. A four-step stone mounting block is located against the front wall.
Local climate
The White Hart 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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