The Old House is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Farmhouse.
The Old House
- WRENN ID
- worn-chalk-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- The Old House, Kempsford Village
- OS grid reference
- SU 148 972
- Coordinates
- 51.67388, -1.78725
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old House is a former farmhouse for Reevey Farm, now a private residence. It dates from the late 17th century, with alterations likely made in the early 20th century. The building is constructed of rubble stone with a tile roof, which was probably originally stone slate. It features a brick stack at the right end and a rendered stack at the left end. The house is a single range of two storeys and an attic, with a separate rear cottage wing of later date that is not of special interest.
The front facade has three windows, which are 2-light leaded casements set in plain stone surrounds with timber lintels above. On the ground floor, there is a 3-light window to the right, an early 20th-century canted bay window to the left, and a gabled porch at the center, both of which have stone slate roofs. The entrance includes a nine-panel door with the top three panels glazed, framed in a moulded wood surround. There is also a small gabled dormer on the left side. The right-hand return and the rear of the building retain several original 17th-century two-light and single-light stone windows.
Local climate
The Old House receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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