The Ark is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 July 1977. House.
The Ark
- WRENN ID
- rusted-newel-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 July 1977
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Ark, the Green, Urchfont, SN10 4RB
- OS grid reference
- SU 037 570
- Coordinates
- 51.31298, -1.94818
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ark is a house located in Urchfont, dating from the 17th to 18th century, with remodeling and heightening that occurred around 1870 to 1880. The building is constructed from greensand rubble and faced with Flemish bond brickwork, topped with a slate roof. It stands two storeys high, raised to include a semi-attic, and features three bays. The central entrance consists of a six-panelled door with a flat canopy supported by cut brackets. On either side of the door are paired 12-paned sash windows with gauged brick lintels. A cogged string course runs along the building, with nine-pane sashes on the first floor beneath a second cogged string, which was formerly the eaves course. The house has two flush gabled dormers and gable stacks. To the right, there is a single-storey service extension with a gable stack, which is now partly encased in a 20th-century two-storey lean-to extension that covers the two right bays of the house. Additionally, there is a pantiled stable located at the rear.
Local climate
The Ark 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2006
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