The Old Builder's Arms is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1960. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Builder's Arms
- WRENN ID
- steep-moat-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 June 1960
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Builder's Arms, Chalford, GL6 8EF
- OS grid reference
- SO 897 028
- Coordinates
- 51.72398, -2.1501
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Builder's Arms is a detached house dating from the late 17th century, with a refronting that occurred in the late 18th century. The building features an ashlar limestone front, with random rubble sides and rear, and has chimneys made of both ashlar and artificial stone. It is topped with a stone slate roof and consists of two storeys plus an attic, with a long rear range that forms a T-plan.
On the north front, there are five windows with chamfered mullioned casement fenestration, alternating between two and three lights. The doorway is off-centre and features a timber pediment supported by fluted pilasters, with a 20th-century glazed door. There are plain bands at the upper floor and attic levels, along with two gable-mounted dormers at the eaves. The gable end chimneys are also notable.
On the east side, the gable end of the front range is positioned against the road, featuring an attic doorway that is accessed by a short flight of stone steps. The rear wing displays mixed mullioned fenestration and has an eaves-mounted gabled roof dormer. Although the interior was not inspected, it is recorded to have an 18th-century stone and plaster fireplace and stone spiral staircases.
Local climate
The Old Builder's Arms 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 greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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
- No sale records on file
- 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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