Privy Immediately North East of Besbury Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 July 1998. A Victorian Privy.
Privy Immediately North East of Besbury Cottage
- WRENN ID
- swift-span-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 July 1998
- Type
- Privy
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Privy Immediately North East of Besbury Cottage, Besbury Common, Minchinhampton
- OS grid reference
- SO 872 015
- Coordinates
- 51.71237, -2.18648
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The privy located immediately northeast of Besbury Cottage dates from the early to mid 19th century. It is constructed of limestone rubble with dressed quoins and features a stone tile roof with gabled ends at both the front and rear. The building has a rectangular, almost square shape, with a doorway at the front that includes a plank door. There is a very small window on the west side, positioned under the eaves. Inside, the walls are plastered, and the roof is made of exposed common rafters with a ridge-piece. The privy contains a two-seat soil box.
Local climate
Privy Immediately North East of Besbury Cottage 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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