The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1987. Cottage.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- stony-marble-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 November 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Cottage, Coulston
- OS grid reference
- ST 950 543
- Coordinates
- 51.28828, -2.07235
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a detached cottage dating from the late 17th century. It features square-panelled timber framing, with the south side rebuilt in English garden wall bond brick. The cottage has a thatched roof with brick stacks at the gable ends, which face the road. It is two storeys high and has a three-window south front. On the ground floor, there is a planked door to the right and three 2-light casements to the left. The first floor also has three 2-light casements. At the rear, the timber frame is retained on the first floor, which includes a mix of 3-light and 2-light casements. The right side of the cottage, facing the road, has a single-storey shed with a double-Roman tiled roof. There is a 20th-century lean-to extension on the left side. The interior was not accessible during the survey in July 1986.
Local climate
The Cottage receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 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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