140 is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1987. Cottage.

140

WRENN ID
drifting-shingle-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 July 1987
Type
Cottage
Address
140, Fonthill Gifford
OS grid reference
ST 930 312
Coordinates
51.08034, -2.1008
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a detached cottage located in Fonthill Gifford, dating from around 1700. It is built from dressed limestone and features a thatched roof with gable end stacks made of brick and stone. The cottage is single storey with an attic and has three windows on the front. The central entrance consists of a six-panelled door set within a porch supported by beaded posts, with three-light casements on either side. There are three eyebrow dormers above, each containing two-light casements.

To the right of the main structure is a single storey extension that has a blocked doorway, as well as three-light and two-light casements, and a planked door to the right. The rear of the cottage features a central six-panelled door topped with a flat wooden hood supported by posts, flanked by two-light casements. There are also two eyebrow dormers at the rear, one with a two-light casement to the left and another with a two-light cyma-moulded mullioned casement to the right. Above the door, there is a small leaded light.

On the left side of the cottage, there is a lean-to outhouse. The interior was not accessible during the survey conducted in November 1985.

Local climate

140 receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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