The Old Town Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1954. Town hall. 4 related planning applications.
The Old Town Hall
- WRENN ID
- moated-jade-ivory
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 April 1954
- Type
- Town hall
- Address
- The Old Town Hall, 1, Wine Street, Devizes, SN10 1DF
- OS grid reference
- SU 004 614
- Coordinates
- 51.35182, -1.99509
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Town Hall, formerly known as The Clock House Laundry, is a Grade II* listed building located at 1 Wine Street, built between 1750 and 1752 by an architect named Lawrence. Originally the Cheese Hall, it served as a Town Hall during the construction of the current building and later as a depot for the militia.
This two-storey structure features a prominent Bath stone front with four bays and a pediment facing the Market Place. The ground floor has a rusticated treatment with four arched openings that have slightly projecting springers. This arcade has been restored, with windows added in the early 19th century. Above, a slightly projecting string course at the first floor level supports five semi-engaged Ionic columns and two outer angle Ionic piers, all with moulded bases and carved capitals. These elements support an entablature, a curved frieze, and a pediment. The building has a short parapet with moulded coping at the angles and four tall windows on the first floor with moulded sills.
The tympanum features elaborate carved decorations of scrolls and floral designs, with a pair of cupids in relief supporting a central clock framed by a rich wreath and crowned with the Town Arms. The side elevation facing St John's Street mirrors the main design but in a simpler form, with four similar bays, pilasters on the upper part, and a panelled parapet instead of a pediment. The exterior stonework and carving are of exceptionally high quality and appear to be well-preserved.
The Old Town Hall is part of a group with Nos 1 to 4 Wine Street.
Local climate
The Old Town Hall 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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