The Old House is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 February 1986. House. 1 related planning application.
The Old House
- WRENN ID
- wild-crypt-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 February 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old House, 5, High Street, Withington, GL54 4BQ
- OS grid reference
- SP 030 155
- Coordinates
- 51.83841, -1.95775
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old House is a former labourer's cottage that later became a butcher's shop and is now a house. It dates from the 17th century, 18th century, and 20th century. The building has an asymmetrical 'U'-shaped plan, featuring a rectangular 17th-century range with an 18th-century extension at the left gable end. A 19th-century former butcher's shop extends forward from the right side.
The 17th-century range is 1½ storeys high and includes a 20th-century lean-to extension at the front, which is lit by a three-light stone-mullioned casement window. To the right of this is a 20th-century plank door. The upper floor has a dormer window in the Cotswold style, rebuilt in the 20th century, with steel casements set within a two-light stone-mullioned surround.
The 18th-century extension to the left is 2½ storeys tall and has a single bay facing the former butcher's shop, which is lit by 12-pane sash windows with plain architraves and triple keystones. The single-storey former butcher's shop projects forward to the right of the front door of the 17th-century range and has a two-light steel casement window in its left-hand wall.
The building features an axial stack for the early core, a gable end stack for the 18th-century extension, and another for the former butcher's shop, all topped with moulded cappings. The flat gable end has coping with roll-cross saddles. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Old House receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% 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 1998
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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