Woodbank House is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 February 1986. House. 2 related planning applications.
Woodbank House
- WRENN ID
- last-obsidian-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 February 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Woodbank House, Dowdeswell, GL54 4HG
- OS grid reference
- SO 994 197
- Coordinates
- 51.87673, -2.00887
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Woodbank House is a detached house built in the early 19th century. It features an ashlar facade, with the rest of the structure made from coursed squared and dressed limestone. The roof is not visible but is presumed to be covered with stone slate. The house has a rectangular main body with a central porch and stables located at the right gable end.
The building is two storeys high and has a symmetrical facade with three windows. The ground floor has large 12-pane sash windows with slatted shutters. The central portico is supported by square paired Doric columns and features a heavy entablature. There is a band between the ground and first floor, and above the porch, there is a French casement window with Gothic glazing bars, flanked by pilasters. Small 12-pane sashes are located on either side of this window. Each corner of the house has full-height Doric pilasters, and there is a band above the first-floor windows. The facade is topped with a parapet that has a moulded cornice.
To the right of the main house, there is a two-storey lean-to stable block, which has access from the right side. At the rear, there is a projecting enclosed first-floor water tank supported by fluted columns. The interior of the house has not been inspected.
Local climate
Woodbank House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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