Beechcroft is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1988. House. 7 related planning applications.
Beechcroft
- WRENN ID
- dusk-foundation-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Beechcroft, High Street, Urchfont, SN10 4QN
- OS grid reference
- SU 040 571
- Coordinates
- 51.31337, -1.94331
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Beechcroft is a house dating from the late 19th century. It is constructed of brick, rendered on one end, and features a slate roof. The building has two storeys and three bays. The central entrance consists of a six-panelled door, which is adorned with a fine wrought iron porch supported by fluted columns. The porch includes a perforated fascia with scrolled brackets and decorative arrowhead and loop crestings. The house also has four panelled sash windows and gable stacks. There is a rear wing and a lean-to on the right side of the building.
Local climate
Beechcroft receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 3 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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