79, Lower Westwood is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1974. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
79, Lower Westwood
- WRENN ID
- shifting-groin-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 July 1974
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 79, Lower Westwood, BA15 2AE
- OS grid reference
- ST 814 590
- Coordinates
- 51.33037, -2.26807
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
79 Lower Westwood is a Grade II listed building, originally two cottages that have been combined into one. It dates from around 1800 and is constructed of limestone ashlar with a double Roman tiled roof featuring coped verges and stone stacks. The building is three storeys high and has two windows on the front.
The entrance includes a planked door, with a 20th-century twelve-pane sash window to the right and a half-glazed door to the left. On the first floor, there is a twelve-pane sash window to the right and a two-light flush mullioned casement to the left. A plat band runs along the second floor, which features a two-light flush mullioned casement to the left and a twelve-pane sash window to the right. Additionally, there is a lean-to extension attached to the right side of the building.
Local climate
79, Lower Westwood receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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