The Laurels is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1952. House.
The Laurels
- WRENN ID
- second-plaster-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 June 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Laurels, Downington, Lechlade
- OS grid reference
- SU 207 996
- Coordinates
- 51.69543, -1.7009
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Laurels is a detached house dating from the early 18th century. It is constructed of random coursed rubble stone with quoins and features a stone slate roof with brick end stacks. The building has a single front range with a blind gable facing the street and a rear extension that is built in two stages along the street line. There is a nearly adjoining block to the south, which was a former agricultural building and is now in domestic use, but it is not of special interest.
The house is two storeys high with an attic. The main front, facing east, has two windows featuring 3-light chamfered stone mullions in a plain frame, with a central casement. Above, there is a single central gabled dormer with a square window. On the ground floor, there are two similar 3-light windows alongside a central door with six flush panels set in a chamfered stone surround, topped by a gabled 19th-century porch hood supported on struts. The elevation of the extension facing the street has two-light wooden casements with timber lintels.
Local climate
The Laurels receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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