The Laurels is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. House. 1 related planning application.
The Laurels
- WRENN ID
- scattered-ledge-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Laurels, Walk Mill Lane, Kingswood, GL12 8RU
- OS grid reference
- ST 746 916
- Coordinates
- 51.62322, -2.36787
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Laurels is a detached house built in the late 18th century. It features rendered brick on a plinth and has a concrete tile roof with brick end stacks. The building is a single range with a rear outshut and stands two storeys tall. It has three windows on the upper floor, which are 16/12/16-pane sashes set in moulded wood architraves, complete with a stone keystone and voussoirs. On the ground floor, there are two 16-pane sashes alongside a central door that has four fielded panels and two flush panels, all within a moulded surround. The door is topped by a 19th-century gabled porch that includes red and blue margin glass.
Local climate
The Laurels receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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