8 is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1987. House.
8
- WRENN ID
- distant-foundation-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 October 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- 8, Alton
- OS grid reference
- SU 105 620
- Coordinates
- 51.35721, -1.85034
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
House dating from the 17th and 18th centuries. It is timber framed with brick noggings and was refronted in brick in the 18th century. The gable is roughcast. The house has two storeys and three bays, featuring a lobby entry plan with a central entrance that is now within a 20th-century glazed conservatory. There are various casement windows, and the framing is exposed on the rear gable. The roof is half-hipped and has a brick stack. There is also a sarsen and thatch outbuilding located to the rear.
Local climate
8 receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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