Old Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1987. Cottage.
Old Cottage
- WRENN ID
- guardian-corbel-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Old Cottage, Bishops Cannings
- OS grid reference
- SU 044 632
- Coordinates
- 51.3685, -1.9369
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Cottage is a cottage dating from the 18th century or early 19th century. It is constructed of diaper brick and features a thatched roof. The building has two storeys and consists of two bays, with a central boarded door set within an open gabled porch. The windows are small paned casements located within cambered arched openings. The roof is hipped and includes gable stacks. To the right of the cottage, there is a single storey thatched outbuilding. At the rear, there is a linked but detached block from the 20th century, which is not of special interest.
Local climate
Old Cottage receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 1997
- No related consent applications matched
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