Well Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1986. Cottage.
Well Cottage
- WRENN ID
- western-courtyard-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 July 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Well Cottage, Ham Road, Shalbourne
- OS grid reference
- SU 317 633
- Coordinates
- 51.36866, -1.54465
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Well Cottage is a 17th-century cottage located on Ham Road in Shalbourne. It is constructed of brick with a thatched roof, featuring some timber framing in the gable. The cottage is single-storey with an attic and consists of two bays, along with a later extension on the left side that is weatherboarded. There is also a boarded porch. The layout follows a lobby entry plan with a door at the rear. The windows are timber casements, except for the rear bay on the right. Inside, the cottage has an exposed fire lintel and stop-chamfered spine beams.
Local climate
Well Cottage receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2015
- No related consent applications matched
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