The Close is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 January 1955. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Close
- WRENN ID
- rough-spandrel-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 January 1955
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Close, 26, High Street, Purton, SN5 4AE
- OS grid reference
- SU 088 875
- Coordinates
- 51.58665, -1.87432
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century farmhouse, now a house, located on the north side of High Street in Purton. The building is roughcast with a stone slate roof. It has two storeys and three wide bays. The central entrance features a four-panelled door with a radial decorative fanlight, set within an open, pedimented stone doorcase. There are twelve-pane sash windows with painted stone surrounds. A small window is positioned to the right of the door, and a round closet window is on the upper floor. The eaves are brick dentilled. The roof is hipped, with stacks at the rear of the building. A two-bay rear wing is also present.
Local climate
The Close receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1997
- 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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