Bench's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1985. Cottage.
Bench's Cottage
- WRENN ID
- half-rood-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 July 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Bench's Cottage, Bench's Lane, Tollard Royal
- OS grid reference
- ST 943 179
- Coordinates
- 50.96064, -2.08247
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bench's Cottage is a detached cottage dating from the early 18th century. It is constructed of Flemish bond brick and features a thatched roof with a gable end and brick stacks. The cottage is two stories high and has two windows. There is a 20th-century door located in a gabled porch at the center, with a two-light plastic-framed casement window on either side. A three-brick plat band runs along the first floor, and the eaves were raised in the 19th century, featuring two 1-light plastic-framed casements. The first floor displays lozenge diapering in vitrified headers. A County Insurance plaque is positioned over the porch. The right side of the cottage has a 1-light plastic-framed casement window in the attic. Attached to the left is a 19th-century extension, which has plastic-framed windows and a 20th-century concrete-tiled roof. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Bench's Cottage receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more 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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- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1996
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