The Plough is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1987. House, former inn.
The Plough
- WRENN ID
- silver-vault-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 April 1987
- Type
- House, former inn
- Address
- The Plough, Plough Lane, Marston, SN10 5SR
- OS grid reference
- ST 968 569
- Coordinates
- 51.31132, -2.04659
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Plough is a house that was formerly an inn, dating from the 17th century. It features a timber frame and painted brick construction, topped with a thatched half-hipped roof, which has a ridge stack and end stacks. The building has one and a half storeys. The left end section is constructed of rubble stone at the bottom and brick above. The front has a three-window range with three triple casements beneath eyebrow arches, a triple casement window, a plank door, a pair of casement windows, a framed plank door, and another triple casement window. The walling is mostly brick, with some exposed timber framing visible at the right end, as well as on the rear and left end wall.
Local climate
The Plough receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more 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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