Witherington Farmhouse and Attached Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Witherington Farmhouse and Attached Cottage
- WRENN ID
- north-gargoyle-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Witherington Farmhouse and Attached Cottage, Standlynch, Downton, SP5 3QT
- OS grid reference
- SU 181 248
- Coordinates
- 51.02242, -1.7423
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Witherington Farmhouse and the attached cottage is a farmhouse dating from around 1700. It is built of Flemish bond brick, with an 18th-century addition in English bond, and features tiled roofs and brick stacks. The late 18th-century cottage at the rear is also constructed of Flemish bond brick. The building is L-shaped and has two storeys with a five-window front. The central entrance consists of a six-panelled door with a segmental head and keystone, leading to a gabled porch. To the right of the door are two three-light casements and one single casement, while to the left are two 12-pane sash windows and one single casement. The first floor has a two-brick plat band and five two-light leaded casements, with two hipped dormers on the roof and saddleback coped verges.
To the right is an 18th-century bay with one three-light casement, and there is a windowless right return and rear featuring casements. The left return has a 12-pane sash window on both the ground and first floors. The rear of the main range includes casements and a tile-hung gabled extension. The rear cottage features a planked door in a porch on the north front and segmental-headed casements on the ground floor, with four 19th-century two-light casements on the first floor. Attached to the right of the cottage front is a one-bay workshop built in English bond with vitrified headers, a planked door, and casements, along with a rear outshut to the cottage.
Inside, there is a pine fireplace with Ionic pilasters at the south end, chamfered beams, and a fireplace lintel at the north end, as well as a panelled dado and some reset partition panelling. The stairs feature reused turned balusters, and the attic has planked doors with strap hinges. This house was mentioned in the 1648 Parliamentary Survey as a three-bay timber-framed house before it was rebuilt in brick around 1700.
Local climate
Witherington Farmhouse and Attached Cottage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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