Downfield House is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 June 1974. House. 2 related planning applications.

Downfield House

WRENN ID
sombre-grate-wind
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stroud
Constituency
Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 June 1974
Type
House
Address
Downfield House, 174, Cainscross Road, GL5 4HS
OS grid reference
SO 836 051
Coordinates
51.74522, -2.23762
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Downfield House is an early 19th-century building located on Caincross Road. It features a rendered exterior and a pitched stone roof, along with ashlar chimneys. The house is two storeys high with an attic, showcasing a moulded eaves cornice and a blocking course. The gable ends are adorned with bargeboards. On the first floor, there are three double-hung sash windows, while the ground floor has three French windows situated behind a mid-19th-century verandah that has a hipped stone roof. Additionally, there is an early 19th-century verandah with a tent roof on the east side, and a mid-19th-century extension at the rear.

Local climate

Downfield House 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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