The Gables is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1987. House.

The Gables

WRENN ID
stranded-grate-willow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cotswold
Constituency
North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 January 1987
Type
House
Address
The Gables, Longborough
OS grid reference
SP 178 296
Coordinates
51.96512, -1.74094
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Gables is a semi-detached house located in Longborough, dating from the late 17th century to the early 18th century. It is constructed of coursed squared and dressed limestone, topped with a stone slate roof and featuring brick stacks. The building has an 'L' shaped plan and stands one and a half storeys tall. It includes a Cotswold dormer that is lit by a two-light metal casement with horizontal glazing bars. The ground floor has one two-light and one three-light double-chamfered stone-mullioned casement. To the right, there is a 19th-century plank door with a thumb latch. The house has a stack at the left gable end and another at the rear gable end. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

The Gables receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% 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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