The Lacket is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. Cottage.
The Lacket
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-gargoyle-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Lacket, West Overton
- OS grid reference
- SU 144 673
- Coordinates
- 51.40531, -1.79295
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lacket is a cottage dating from the early 18th century, constructed of brick and featuring thatched roofs. It stands two storeys high and has three bays. The entrance leads into a central dining room, with an added early 19th-century room to the left that now serves as a drawing room-library; this room is likely a rebuild of the original inner room. To the right of the dining room is the kitchen, located beyond the stack. There are extensions at the rear, and a well-designed 20th-century timber extension that includes a garden room and a children's room. The cottage has a door in a 20th-century thatched porch, which features a reset datestone inscribed with I/R. M 1709. The ground floor has paned windows, while the left bay has leaded windows. The roof is hipped, with a stack on the left gable and a taller stack for the main fireplace in the central bay. It is noted that Carrington (Mrs Partridge) is said to have stayed here during her visits to Wiltshire.
Local climate
The Lacket receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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