Verger's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1976. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Verger's Cottage
- WRENN ID
- kindled-ember-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1976
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Verger's Cottage, 19, York Buildings, Trowbridge, BA14 8PT
- OS grid reference
- ST 858 583
- Coordinates
- 51.32437, -2.20451
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Verger's Cottage, located at No 19 Vicarage, was built around 1868-70, likely designed by local architect William Smith. This two-storey building features an angled elevation and exhibits a diluted Gothic style. It has large gables flanking a smaller gable above the entrance, which is adorned with weatherboarding. The exterior is constructed from roughfaced rubble with a projecting plinth, quoins, and a chamfered string course over the ground floor.
On the first floor, there is a central square gabled ashlar oriel window above the doorway, along with three pointed windows. The ground floor includes two three-light windows with shouldered lintels, and the doorway is flanked by two narrow similar lights at the corners of the angle. The pointed doorway is supported by engaged columns on high bases that hold brackets for the oriel.
Verger's Cottage is part of a group that includes Nos 4 to 6 and Nos 8 to 18 York Buildings, which are of local interest, along with the gates to St Thomas's Church and two lamp standards located to the northwest and southwest.
Local climate
Verger's Cottage 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 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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