21 and 22, St John's Street is a Grade II* listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1954. House. 1 related planning application.

21 and 22, St John's Street

WRENN ID
swift-iron-burdock
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 April 1954
Type
House
Address
21 and 22, St John's Street, Devizes, SN10 1BT
OS grid reference
SU 004 612
Coordinates
51.35077, -1.99462
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 21 and 22 on St John's Street are a pair of buildings dated 1740, as noted on the rainwater head. They are three stories tall with a colour-washed stucco front set on a plinth. The upper part of the façade features a moulded first-floor string course and four Doric pilasters that divide the front into two bays. There is a moulded wood eaves cornice and a hipped slate roof. The upper floors have four windows, all with segmental heads, intact sash glazing bars, flush architrave frames with key blocks, and moulded sills.

On the ground floor, there is a recessed modern door to the left within an architrave surround, coupled sash windows in a flush architrave frame, and to the right, a wide 18th-century canted bay supported by a small iron bracket, complete with a frieze and cornice. The return front to St John's Court has a blank upper part flanked by Doric pilasters, with the string course returned. There is also a recessed four-panel door on the ground floor. The first bay of the adjoining row to the rear on St John's Court is part of No 22 but is described under Nos 1, 2, and 3 St John's Court. The building is reputed to have been used by General Wolfe when he visited the town. Nos 19 to 22 form a group.

Local climate

21 and 22, St John's Street receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2004
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