294a and 296, Frome Road is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1976. Coupled cottages. 1 related planning application.
294a and 296, Frome Road
- WRENN ID
- endless-steeple-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1976
- Type
- Coupled cottages
- Address
- 294a and 296, Frome Road, Trowbridge, BA14 0DT
- OS grid reference
- ST 844 566
- Coordinates
- 51.30868, -2.22497
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are 17th or early 18th century cottages, situated together on Frome Road. Number 294A is built of coursed and dressed rubble and painted, while number 296 is of nibble and also painted. Each cottage has one window on the first floor. Number 294A retains two-light mullion windows with quirked corners, and has a simple doorway on its right side. Number 296 has modern two-light casement windows within a former two-light mullion window surround, and a plain doorway on its left side. Number 294A has stone-tiled roofing, while number 296 has machine-tiled roofing. Both cottages feature brick chimneys.
Local climate
294a and 296, Frome Road receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 2019
- 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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