Andover House and Estate Office is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1987. A Late 18th century House and estate office.
Andover House and Estate Office
- WRENN ID
- calm-chimney-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 July 1987
- Type
- House and estate office
- Period
- Late 18th century
- Address
- Andover House and Estate Office, Charlton
- OS grid reference
- ST 952 893
- Coordinates
- 51.60312, -2.07008
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Andover House and Estate Office is a house and estate offices built in the late 18th century, possibly between 1772 and 1776 by the younger Matthew Brettingham while he was working on the mansion nearby. The building is constructed of squared and coursed rubble with flush rusticated dressed stone quoins, stone dressings, and hipped stone slate roofs, featuring stone ridge stacks, some of which have been renewed. It is a U-shaped block with two storeys, containing offices on the left and Andover House on the right and in the centre. The rear wall of the central wing forms the south-east range of the stable courtyard.
The windows include cross-mullioned wooden casements and French windows on the ground floor, with 2-light casements above, all set in blocked stone surrounds. The north-east front of Andover House showcases an early 19th-century Gothick facade with 2-light pointed-headed windows featuring 'Y' tracery on the ground floor and quatrefoil windows above. There is a moulded cornice and a blocking course at the parapet. A 20th-century porch is located in the angle with the stable range. Additionally, there is a bell turret on the ridge of the centre wing, which is square in plan with an open top and pyramidal cap, and clocks on the south-east and north-west faces.
Local climate
Andover House and Estate Office receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Stables at Andover House
- Charlton Park House
- Church of St John Baptist
- 3, Park Street
- Gate Piers and Gates to Charlton Park
- 4, 5 and 6, Park Street
- 7 and 8, Park Street
- 9 and 10, Park Street
- 12 and 13, Park Street
- The walled garden at Charlton Park (incl walls, potting sheds, former bothy, the Garden Cottage, the Garden Flat and glasshouses)