272, The Gravel is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1988. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
272, The Gravel
- WRENN ID
- solemn-mantel-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1988
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 272, The Gravel, Holt, BA14 6RA
- OS grid reference
- ST 865 620
- Coordinates
- 51.35726, -2.195
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 18th-century cottage forming part of a row. It is constructed of coursed rubble stone and has a Bridgwater tiled roof with a central brick axial stack. The cottage has a baffle entry plan and is two storeys high with a two-window front. A planked door with strap hinges is located to the left of centre, alongside a three-light recessed cyma-mullioned casement window to the left and a three-light casement window to the right. The first floor features two three-light mullioned casement windows. Mullioned casements are also present at the rear. The interior is said to contain chamfered beams, planked doors and blocked open fireplaces.
Local climate
272, The Gravel 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 — 3 transactions since 2009
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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