281, Ablington is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1988. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
281, Ablington
- WRENN ID
- swift-attic-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 October 1988
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 281, Ablington, Figheldean, SP4 8JX
- OS grid reference
- SU 158 468
- Coordinates
- 51.22089, -1.7741
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 281 is a cottage from the 18th century located in Figheldean, Ablington. It is constructed of rendered cob or chalkstone, with a brick gable end facing the road. The roof is thatched. The building is single storey with an attic and consists of two bays, which include a living room with an axial gable stack and a subdivided inner room. There is a lean-to outbuilding at the north end of the rear wall and another outbuilding on the south gable. The living room features a boarded door, while the windows are timber with panes, and there is one flush dormer on each side. The gable stack has been rebuilt, and the roof is hipped to the south.
Local climate
281, Ablington receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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