The Old House is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1960. House. 1 related planning application.
The Old House
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-basalt-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1960
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old House, Corsham, SN13 9QF
- OS grid reference
- ST 886 703
- Coordinates
- 51.43214, -2.16524
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old House is a 17th-century house constructed of roughcast rubble stone with stone-tiled roofs. The roofs are half-hipped to the north gable, with end stacks, one on the west wing and another on the north end of the main range. The house has one and a half to two and a half storeys and is arranged in an 'L' shape.
The east front has three dormer gables and a three-window range; the windows have ovolo-moulded frames and hoodmoulds, with a two-light window in the centre and three-light windows elsewhere. The south gable features a two-light window in the attic, a three-light window to the first floor, and a four-light window, with king mullions, to the ground floor. The south-west rear wing has a south-facing door in a moulded surround with a hoodmould, a three-light window to the left, and a similar three-light window in a dormer gable above.
The rear of each range has coped dormer gables. The rear of the main range has a one-window range of three-light recessed ovolo-moulded windows with hoodmoulds, and a door to the right. The rear of the wing has an upper three-light recessed chamfered mullion window with a hoodmould. The ground floor has a former door, now a 20th-century two-light mullion window, and a two-light ovolo-moulded window with a hoodmould to the right. Moulded coping and finials decorate the dormer gables.
Local climate
The Old House receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 1999
- 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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