40, Horsefair is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 July 1976. A Mid C18 Shop, former pair of houses. 5 related planning applications.
40, Horsefair
- WRENN ID
- sharp-spindle-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 July 1976
- Type
- Shop, former pair of houses
- Address
- 40, Horsefair, Malmesbury, SN16 0AP
- OS grid reference
- ST 930 875
- Coordinates
- 51.5867, -2.10216
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 40 Horsefair is a pair of houses that have been converted into a single shop. They date from the mid-18th century and are constructed of coursed limestone, which was formerly limewashed. The building features a stone ridge stack and a stone slate roof. Each house originally had a single-room layout and is now a single-storey building with an attic, presenting a one-window range.
The south gable includes timber lintels above a left-hand doorway with a 20th-century door, a 20th-century shop front, and a central attic casement. On the right side, there are timber lintels above a blocked doorway located left of center, a right-hand window, and a central gabled dormer. There is also a left-hand extension.
Inside, the ground floor has been altered, but notable features include a winder stair next to the central fireplace, which has a bressumer in the first-floor front room, and chamfered ceiling beams.
Local climate
40, Horsefair receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- 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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