Close Cottage Hardcastle Williams (Opticians) is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1983. House.
Close Cottage Hardcastle Williams (Opticians)
- WRENN ID
- pitched-lintel-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- Close Cottage Hardcastle Williams (Opticians), Sheep Street, Stow-On-The-Wold
- OS grid reference
- SP 191 256
- Coordinates
- 51.92903, -1.72327
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Close Cottage, also known as Hardcastle Williams (Opticians), is an 18th-century building located on Sheep Street. It is constructed of rubble with a roof that features both concrete tiles and Cotswold stone. The building has two storeys and three windows, which include 19th-century and modern casements, as well as one modern shallow small-paned bow window. There are two plain doors on the facade. The roof is steeply pitched and has ridge stacks. To the left, there is a large carriageway with wooden doors. Close Cottage has a gabled extension and is included for its group value.
Local climate
Close Cottage Hardcastle Williams (Opticians) receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% 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 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% 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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