Balcarras House is a Grade II listed building in the Cheltenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1983. House.
Balcarras House
- WRENN ID
- turning-spandrel-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheltenham
- Constituency
- Cheltenham MP: Max Wilkinson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- Balcarras House, Balcarras Road, Charlton Kings
- OS grid reference
- SO 972 202
- Coordinates
- 51.88083, -2.04162
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Balcarras House is a house that dates from the late 16th century or early 17th century, which was remodeled after 1880 for General William Smith and his daughters, with 20th-century additions and alterations. The exterior is rendered and features a renewed tile roof. The building has two storeys with a basement and an attic at the centre and gables, and it has four first-floor windows.
On the south-east (garden) facade, there is an off-centre left entrance with a 20th-century part-glazed door. To the left are 20th-century French windows, and to the right is a 20th-century extension with windows that have glazing bars, alongside an 8/8 sash window. The first floor has 8/8 sashes in plain reveals with blind boxes, and to the left of centre, there is an original chamfered single-light window. The central gable features a 3/6 sash window.
The south-west gable-end includes a single light and a 4-light window on the ground floor, as well as a 3-light window on the first floor, both with stone mullions and drip moulds. The basement has a blocked 2-light mullion window. The interior is reputed to have been altered.
Local climate
Balcarras House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% 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 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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