72, The Close is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 February 1952. House.

72, The Close

WRENN ID
lost-steeple-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 February 1952
Type
House
Address
72, The Close, Salisbury
OS grid reference
SU 142 292
Coordinates
51.06225, -1.79785
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

72 The Close is a building with origins in the 17th century that was altered in the early 19th century. It has two storeys and an attic, featuring a colourwashed brick front and an old tile roof with gable ends. The building includes two gabled dormers and two casement windows on the first floor. On the ground floor, there are two canted bay windows with sash lights and a central door made up of six fielded panels, all under a tiled pent roof that runs across the front. Earlier stonework is visible on the west gable end. The listed buildings in The Close form an outstanding group.

Local climate

72, The Close receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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