Ivy Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1978. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Ivy Cottages
- WRENN ID
- worn-merlon-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1978
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Ivy Cottages, 7, Ivy Lane, Chippenham, SN15 1HE
- OS grid reference
- ST 916 733
- Coordinates
- 51.45935, -2.12156
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ivy Cottages is a cottage dating from the mid to late 18th century. It is constructed of squared limestone rubble with freestone architraves and has a stone slate roof with brick stacks at the gable ends. The cottage features a two-unit through-passage plan and stands two storeys high with an attic, presenting a symmetrical two-window range.
The central 20th-century enclosed gabled porch is flanked on both floors by 20th-century two-light stone-mullioned windows. Notably, the eaves of this cottage are higher than those of No. 6 to the right. The quoin at the first-floor level has two freestone blocks above a vertical joint, indicating that this cottage hangs over the party wall.
Inside, the cottage has a three-bay roof with a ridge-in-notch and two rows of trenched purlins. The cupboard stairs located at the rear right feature an 18th-century planked door at the base, along with a planked wall and chamfered rail. The ground floor includes sawn chamfered beams.
Local climate
Ivy Cottages receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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 — 4 transactions since 1998
- 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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