The Drive is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1988. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
The Drive
- WRENN ID
- little-lantern-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 October 1988
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Drive, 1, Great Durnford, SP4 6BA
- OS grid reference
- SU 137 383
- Coordinates
- 51.1447, -1.80475
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Drive is a cottage from the mid-18th century, constructed with rendered cob on brick footings and featuring a thatched roof. It is a single storey with an attic, comprising three bays. The central bay has an axial stack, with an inner room located behind it and an entrance to a service room at the north end. The cottage has a boarded door, 20th-century paned timber windows, and two flush dormers on the front, along with one at the rear. The roof is half-hipped, and there is a brick stack with pots. A cob wall, approximately 4 meters high on the left, connects to Cottage No 2. Cottages Nos 1, 2, and 3 share identical plans and form an interesting group of estate cottages, likely built for the estate following the construction of the Manor House, showcasing contemporary yet contrasting building methods.
Local climate
The Drive receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 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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