Numbers 53 and 54 and Adjoining Walls is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 August 1983. Estate cottages.

Numbers 53 and 54 and Adjoining Walls

WRENN ID
rough-pier-swift
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cotswold
Constituency
North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 August 1983
Type
Estate cottages
OS grid reference
SP 175 144
Coordinates
51.82838, -1.7461
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Numbers 53 and 54 are a pair of estate cottages built in the early 19th century. They are constructed from coursed squared and dressed limestone. The cottages feature one original 19th-century stack, with two other stacks that were restored in the 20th century. The main body of the cottages has a rectangular plan and a symmetrical facade for each cottage, rising to one and a half storeys.

Each cottage has four half dormers on the first floor, which contain 2-light stone-mullioned casements. On the ground floor, there are four 2-light stone-mullioned casements with stopped hoods. Number 53 has a part-glazed door from the 20th century, while Number 54 has a plank door, also from the 20th century. Both doors are topped with flat canopies that have moulded margins and are supported by moulded brackets.

The gable-end and axial stacks are set on plinths, and there is flat coping at the gable ends and on the dormers. The interiors have not been inspected. Additionally, there are coursed squared and dressed limestone walls, approximately 2 meters in height, that run at right angles to the gable ends, linking Number 53 to Number 50 and Number 54 to the boundary wall on the north side of the street. Number 53 is owned by the National Trust.

Local climate

Numbers 53 and 54 and Adjoining Walls 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 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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