Pair of Cottages West of Porch Cottage Including Box Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1987. Cottage.

Pair of Cottages West of Porch Cottage Including Box Cottage

WRENN ID
second-terrace-fog
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 October 1987
Type
Cottage
Address
Pair of Cottages West of Porch Cottage Including Box Cottage, Wilcot, Huish and Oare
OS grid reference
SU 145 635
Coordinates
51.37071, -1.79232
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This pair of cottages, located west of Porch Cottage and including Box Cottage, dates from the early 19th century. They feature diaper brickwork and a thatched roof. The cottages are single storey with an attic and have a symmetrical layout centered around recessed entrances. Each cottage has a living room at the outer ends and a 20th-century lean-to bathroom at the rear. The cottages have battened doors and timber casement windows, with five dormers on the upper floor, the central one being double. Gable stacks are present on the roof.

Local climate

Pair of Cottages West of Porch Cottage Including Box Cottage receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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