The Wooden Spoon is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 March 1960. Inn. 1 related planning application.
The Wooden Spoon
- WRENN ID
- drifting-trefoil-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 March 1960
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- The Wooden Spoon, 17, High Street, Downton, SP5 3PG
- OS grid reference
- SU 181 215
- Coordinates
- 50.9928, -1.74254
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wooden Spoon is a late 18th-century inn located on the north side of Downton High Street. It is constructed of Flemish bond brick and features a tiled roof with a half-hip on the left side and brick stacks. The building has a two-span roof and is two stories high with three windows. The central entrance consists of a six-panelled door set within a classical porch supported by Tuscan columns. Flanking the door are two 12-pane sash windows with flat arches above. On the first floor, there are three 9-pane sash windows. The eaves are dentilled. To the right of the main entrance, there is a cart entry with double wooden doors. The left return of the building has a two-light leaded casement window on the first floor. At the rear, there are two-storey wings, with the right gable displaying exposed light timber-framing in the attic. The first floor features 20-pane sashes and a two-light leaded casement window. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Wooden Spoon receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier 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 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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- 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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