26, The Square is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1952. House.
26, The Square
- WRENN ID
- tired-quartz-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- 26, The Square, Bibury
- OS grid reference
- SP 117 066
- Coordinates
- 51.75831, -1.8306
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
26 The Square is a former pair of houses, now a single house, dating from the early 18th century. It is constructed of random rubble limestone with rubble and ashlar chimneys and features a stone slate roof. The building is two stories high and has a front with three half gables, each containing a timber casement window with a timber lintel. The ground floor has scattered casements, including one on the left that occupies the former position of a door, which is topped by a large projecting stone slate hood. To the right, there is a doorway with a 20th-century door. The building has two chimneys mounted on the ridge. On the east end, there is a blocked upper floor opening with a timber lintel, along with indications of other altered openings. The interior has not been inspected. The building is attached to No 25, as well as Nos 28 and 29 at the rear. It is illustrated in W.G. Davie and E.G. Dawber's book, Old Cottages ... in the Cotswold District, published in 1905.
Local climate
26, The Square receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 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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