The Gables is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1960. Pair of cottages. 8 related planning applications.
The Gables
- WRENN ID
- idle-belfry-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1960
- Type
- Pair of cottages
- Address
- The Gables, 1 and 2, Upper Castle Combe, SN14 7HE
- OS grid reference
- ST 848 774
- Coordinates
- 51.49557, -2.21991
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gables are a pair of cottages dating to 1705, built of rubble stone with a stone tile roof. They feature corniced ashlar end wall stacks and brick ridge stacks. The cottages are one-and-a-half storeys high. They have recessed cyma moulded stone-mullion windows with leaded lights and iron casements. Four dormer gables are present, each with a two-light window and hoodmould; the second dormer is smaller, and the third features a datestone inscribed "R.S. 1705." On the ground floor, the left side has a modern stone porch flanked by two-light windows with hoodmoulds. The right side has a raised single stair light, a pair of two-light windows, and a further two-light window, all with hoodmoulds. A blocked oval gable window is located in the south end wall.
Local climate
The Gables receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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