Priest's House is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1952. Former priest's house. 1 related planning application.
Priest's House
- WRENN ID
- white-marble-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1952
- Type
- Former priest's house
- Address
- Priest's House, Coln St. Dennis, GL54 3LB
- OS grid reference
- SP 087 097
- Coordinates
- 51.78603, -1.87493
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Priest's House is likely a 14th-century building, possibly serving as a residence for a priest. It is constructed from random limestone with a stone slate roof and has a rectangular plan. The building is approximately one and a half storeys high.
The south-facing front has a single-width doorway without a door, flanked by dressed stone jambs, with a timber lintel, and a partially rebuilt left side in the 20th century. There is also an unglazed 2-light casement with a timber lintel, and a further unglazed opening that may have been a window. The north elevation shows traces of a blocked 5- or 6-light window with diamond-sectioned wooden mullions.
Inside, the building is divided into two unconnected rooms. The left-hand room features a single, deeply chamfered beam with triangular stops, an 'L'-shaped staircase in the front right corner, and no visible fireplace. The right-hand room has a blocked open fireplace at the east gable end, featuring a wooden bressumer and dressed stone jamb stones. The roof, rear wall, and gable end of the right-hand room were in a state of collapse at the time of the last survey in September 1986.
Local climate
Priest's House receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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 — 3 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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