31, The Borough is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
31, The Borough
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-gateway-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 31, The Borough, Downton, SP5 3NB
- OS grid reference
- SU 173 214
- Coordinates
- 50.99225, -1.75475
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 31 on The Borough is a semi-detached cottage dating from the late 17th century. It is constructed of English bond brick and features a thatched roof with brick stacks. The cottage has a through passage and is one storey with an attic, containing two windows. The central entrance is a planked door, flanked by three-light casement windows. There is a two-brick plat band at the first floor level, and two eyebrow dormers, each with three-light casements. The left side of the cottage has an oval window and a single casement on the ground floor, along with a two-brick plat band and an additional single casement on the first floor. Inside, the cottage retains its internal timber-frame structure, with chamfered beams and open fireplaces featuring chamfered lintels on both the ground and first floors.
Local climate
31, The Borough receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2000
- 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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