40, The Borough is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. A C18 Cottage. 3 related planning applications.

40, The Borough

WRENN ID
late-lantern-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 July 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
40, The Borough, Downton, SP5 3ND
OS grid reference
SU 172 214
Coordinates
50.99196, -1.75491
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an early 18th-century cottage situated at the end of a row in The Borough, Downton. It is constructed of Flemish bond brick with a thatched roof and a brick stack. The cottage is two storeys high and originally had a two-window front. The ground floor now has a 20th-century door and two two-light casement windows. The first floor also has two two-light casement windows. A brick plat band runs along the first floor. The rear of the cottage features a two-light casement window to the attic, and a single-storey extension with a tiled roof to the left. A more recent flat-roofed extension is also present. Internally, a chamfered beam with step and runout stops is visible.

Local climate

40, The Borough receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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