The Old House is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1960. House.
The Old House
- WRENN ID
- young-postern-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 August 1960
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old House, Longborough
- OS grid reference
- SP 179 294
- Coordinates
- 51.9632, -1.74058
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old House is a detached house dating from the 17th century, located in Longborough Village. It is constructed of coursed squared and dressed limestone, topped with a stone slate roof and features an ashlar stack that has been repaired in brick. The building has a rectangular plan and stands one and a half storeys tall. Its symmetrical facade includes an upper storey that is illuminated by two half dormers. The windows are two and three-light double-chamfered stone-mullioned casements. A 19th-century plank door with a thumb latch and wood lintel is situated in the right gable end. Inside, there is a spine beam.
Local climate
The Old House 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2003
- No related consent applications matched
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