Old Timbers is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 July 1986. House. 3 related planning applications.
Old Timbers
- WRENN ID
- knotted-iron-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 July 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old Timbers, 14, Gentle Street, Horningsham, BA12 7LD
- OS grid reference
- ST 824 414
- Coordinates
- 51.17229, -2.2531
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Timbers is a detached house dating from the late 17th century and 18th century. It is constructed of random rubble stone and features a half-hipped thatched roof with brick stacks. The house has an 'L'-shaped plan and faces the road with its gable end. It is two stories tall and has four windows, all of which are casements.
The entrance is a planked door located to the right of center, which is sheltered by a gabled canopy. To the right of the door are two 2-light flush cyma-mullioned casements, while to the left there is one 2-light mullioned casement and two 2-light casements. There is a cellar to the left that has a 2-light recessed cyma-mullioned casement. On the first floor, there are four 2-light cyma-mullioned casements with eyebrow features, and it appears that the eaves were likely raised in the mid-18th century.
The left side of the house features a 3-light recessed chamfered mullioned casement on the ground floor and a 2-light mullioned casement on the first floor. The rear of the house has a blocked doorway and a 1-light casement, while a rear wing to the left includes a stone bull's-eye window on the ground floor and 2-light casements on the first floor. The gable of the wing has a planked door and a small ogee window. Inside, the house has chamfered beams and an open fireplace with a chamfered timber lintel.
Local climate
Old Timbers receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2007
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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