Court House is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1984. Dwelling, former court house. 3 related planning applications.
Court House
- WRENN ID
- silver-rafter-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1984
- Type
- Dwelling, former court house
- Address
- Court House, 9, Old Town, Wotton-Under-Edge, GL12 7DH
- OS grid reference
- ST 758 933
- Coordinates
- 51.63886, -2.35057
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a dwelling, formerly believed to have been a court house, dating to the 17th century. It has a rendered exterior and a welsh slate roof. The building is of a modest span and was likely originally designed as a single large room, but is now divided into two storeys, with the roof space containing trusses raised from ties supported by rudimentary brackets – a feature also found in other buildings in Wotton-under-Edge. The front has four irregularly spaced three-light casement windows, and a modern front door. The upper storey interior features two whitewashed plaster panels; one displays a royal coat of arms, possibly that of James II (as noted by Lindley on page 129), and the other displays the Berkeley arms. Two transverse beams are also present, one decorated with a fleur de lis and the other with what appear to be Tudor rose or acorn rosettes, both whitewashed. The presence of these decorative escutcheons suggests that the ceiling was formerly higher or that the roof was open.
Local climate
Court House 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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