The Catherine Wheel is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1952. Public house. 2 related planning applications.

The Catherine Wheel

WRENN ID
scattered-arch-cedar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cotswold
Constituency
North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 January 1952
Type
Public house
Address
The Catherine Wheel, A433, Bibury, GL7 5ND
OS grid reference
SP 112 066
Coordinates
51.75881, -1.83913
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Catherine Wheel is a former house that has been converted into a public house. It dates from the early 17th century, with alterations made in the early 19th century. The building is constructed of random rubble limestone, with concrete block rebuilt chimneys and a stone slate roof. It is two storeys high with an attic and has former stables at the rear that are connected to the main building at the southeast end.

The southwest front features a variety of window styles, including three 3-light mullioned casements, two of which on the right are ovolo moulded. There is a small 2-light chamfered mullioned casement on the ground floor to the right, and a central doorway with a timber lintel and a 20th-century door. A plain band runs along the upper floor level, and there are two chimneys mounted on the ridgeline.

On the northwest end, there is a 19th-century ground floor canted bay window with a flat roof, a 19th-century 4-pane sash window above it, and a small casement in the attic. The rear of the building features a two-storey outshut with a catslide roof and 19th-century casement windows. The outbuilding has leaded timber casements with timber lintels, and there is a brick loft staircase on the northeast side. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

The Catherine Wheel 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 1995
  • 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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