Upton Wold House is a Grade II* listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1960. A C17 House.

Upton Wold House

WRENN ID
ancient-basalt-meadow
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Cotswold
Constituency
North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 August 1960
Type
House
Address
Upton Wold House, A44, Blockley
OS grid reference
SP 148 348
Coordinates
52.01176, -1.78554
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Upton Wold House is a late 17th-century building that has been restored. It is an excellent example of a compact double pile house in the Cotswold tradition. The house has two storeys and attics, constructed from coursed rubble, with a central section that projects forward and features ashlar detailing, including parapets and gables.

The facade has three gables, with the central one brought forward and one window on the returns, topped with ball finials. There are cornice strings at lintel height, which drop to the level of the door cornice on the ground floor. The windows are mullioned with transoms on both the ground and first floors, and there are cornices above the attic windows, along with rusticated bulls-eye windows above.

The central doorway is Tudor-arched, featuring panelled spandrels and urn-stops, with a studded door and a wrought-iron 'Y'-shaped knocker. The roof is covered with stone tiles and has coped verges, with diagonal ashlar chimneys that have lozenges in the friezes below the cornices, positioned at the ends and in a group of four at the center. There is a hipped dormer behind the parapet to the left of center, while the west front has no gables but features three dormers instead.

To the north, there is a later single-storey and attic extension with a stone slate roof and four gabled dormers. The ground floor window has been altered, except for a mullioned window in the south gable. Inside, the house features a restored staircase with heavy balusters.

Local climate

Upton Wold House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% 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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