Devilstone Wall and Garden Walls to North at Parsonage Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. Wall.
Devilstone Wall and Garden Walls to North at Parsonage Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- secret-finial-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Wall
- Address
- Devilstone Wall and Garden Walls to North at Parsonage Farmhouse, Church Street, Chiseldon, SN4 0NL
- OS grid reference
- SU 186 799
- Coordinates
- 51.51799, -1.73214
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Devilstone wall and garden walls to the north at Parsonage Farmhouse are likely from the 18th century and early 19th century. The rubble retaining wall is approximately 5 to 6 feet high and about 5 yards long, connecting to the house at its south-west corner. Embedded in one of its corners is a crude relief figure known locally as "The Devil Stone." The garden walls, which appear to be from the 18th century, are made of brick and partly rest on the rubble retaining wall, leading to the churchyard. These walls are also about 5 to 6 feet high and feature moulded stone coping. The north wall is approximately 30 yards long, the east wall is about 40 yards long, and there is a short return to the south measuring about 10 yards.
Local climate
Devilstone Wall and Garden Walls to North at Parsonage Farmhouse receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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