Cross Keys Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 January 1955. Public house, dwelling. 5 related planning applications.
Cross Keys Inn
- WRENN ID
- stranded-marble-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 January 1955
- Type
- Public house, dwelling
- Address
- Cross Keys Inn, 136, High Street, Royal Wootton Bassett, SN4 7AY
- OS grid reference
- SU 067 825
- Coordinates
- 51.54202, -1.90379
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cross Keys Inn is a hostelry that now serves as a public house and dwelling. It dates from 1742, as indicated by a datestone, but may be older. The building is constructed of brick and features a stone slate roof, with a left gable stack and a stone stack at the rear right. It is two stories high and has three structural bays, with a central carriage entrance flanked by public rooms. The entrance is accessed from the carriageway. To the left, there is a part stone wing with two bays that was extended in the 19th century to serve as a forge.
The elevation consists of five bays, made of dark brick with finer red brick dressings around the openings. There is a plat band and short aprons. The carriageway has a three-centred arch with fielded and panelled doors. The windows feature gauged brick arches, all with projecting keystones. The ground floor has 19th-century four-pane sash windows, and to the right, there is a 19th-century canted bay. One window has been altered. On the first floor, there are 16-pane sash windows. The building has brick dentilled eaves. Inside, there are chamfered spine beams with checked swept stops. The site was once associated with John Knighton, a 17th-century token issuer and mercer.
Local climate
Cross Keys Inn receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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