1 and 2 Westerton Farm Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 November 1987. Farmhouse.
1 and 2 Westerton Farm Cottages
- WRENN ID
- deep-lancet-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 November 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- 1 and 2 Westerton Farm Cottages, West Street, Great Somerford
- OS grid reference
- ST 958 825
- Coordinates
- 51.54205, -2.06194
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
1 and 2 Westerton Farm Cottages is a farmhouse that has been converted into two cottages, dating from the 17th century or earlier. The building features a timber frame that has largely been recased in rubble stone and chequered brick. It has a stone slate roof that is hipped to the north and includes a ridge stack. There is a 19th-century addition at the south end, constructed from squared rubble stone with a slate roof and a south stack.
The structure is two storeys high. The west front displays rubble stone at the bottom and chequered brick above, with one timber post visible at the northwest corner. There are two triple casements and one large pair of casements on the upper level. The large triple casement has a concrete lintel, while the large casement pair features a timber lintel, with a door located below. The north end wall consists of stone at the bottom and timber framing above. The rear wall shows exposed timbers on part of the left side, with rubble stone below and brick above on the right. The south gable is roughcast. The 19th-century addition has a double-fronted west front with casement pairs on either side and a blocked centre door.
Local climate
1 and 2 Westerton Farm 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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