38, The Borough is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Cottage.
38, The Borough
- WRENN ID
- floating-soffit-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 38, The Borough, Downton
- OS grid reference
- SU 172 214
- Coordinates
- 50.99194, -1.755
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 38 The Borough is a cottage located in a row, dating from the early 18th century. It is constructed of monk bond brick and features a thatched roof with a brick chimney. The building is one storey high with an attic and has one window. To the left, there is a planked door, and to the right, a three-light casement window with a segmental head. A two-brick plat band is present at the first floor level. The cottage also has an eyebrow dormer that contains another three-light casement window. The interior was not accessible during the survey conducted in November 1984.
Local climate
38, 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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