Blind House is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1988. A Early C18 Lock-up.
Blind House
- WRENN ID
- standing-crypt-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1988
- Type
- Lock-up
- Address
- Blind House, High Street, Steeple Ashton
- OS grid reference
- ST 906 568
- Coordinates
- 51.31106, -2.13507
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Blind House is a lock-up building, likely dating from the early 18th century. It is constructed of limestone ashlar and has an octagonal shape. The structure features a chamfered plinth and a planked door with strap hinges located on the north side. There is a plat band that leads to a domed octagonal roof, which is topped with a ball finial at the apex. This building is a well-preserved example of a Wiltshire blind house and is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument, Wiltshire No 251.
Local climate
Blind House receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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