St John's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1987. House.
St John's Cottage
- WRENN ID
- last-bonework-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 October 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- St John's Cottage, Wootton Rivers
- OS grid reference
- SU 196 633
- Coordinates
- 51.36851, -1.71911
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St John's Cottage is a house dating from the 16th to 17th century. It is timber framed with brick noggings and features a thatched roof. The building has an 'L'-shaped plan, consisting of three bays with a forward wing of one bay. The framing consists of three panels high with corner braces, although the right bay is an extension with lighter framing. The entrance is located in the re-entrant angle. The gable facing the road is constructed of brick and flint, showcasing an exposed tie beam. The cottage has leaded casement windows. The roof is hipped over the extension and slopes down at the rear over narrow service rooms. There are brick stacks present.
Local climate
St John's Cottage 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 lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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