Bridge Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1981. Cottage.
Bridge Cottage
- WRENN ID
- open-zinc-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1981
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Bridge Cottage, Bishopstone
- OS grid reference
- SU 084 263
- Coordinates
- 51.03673, -1.88121
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bridge Cottage is a detached cottage dating from the late 17th century and 18th century, with alterations made around 1960. The exterior features flint and limestone chequers and a tiled roof with brick stacks. It is two stories high and has a three-window east front. The entrance consists of a four-panelled door set in a gabled porch. To the right of the door is a 2-light recessed chamfered mullioned casement, while to the left are two 2-light casements. On the first floor, there are two 2-light recessed chamfered mullioned casements to the right and a gabled dormer with a 2-light casement to the left. A single-storey extension from the 1960s is attached to the left, featuring casements, with an outhouse connected to the right. The left side of the cottage displays a large external stone stack with offsets. At the rear, there are 4-light and 2-light casements to the left and two 2-light casements to the right, one of which is set in a blocked doorway. The first floor of the left range has a 4-light casement, while the right side has two 2-light mullioned casements. Inside, the cottage features chamfered beams and blocked open fireplaces.
Local climate
Bridge Cottage receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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