15, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1954. Building. 3 related planning applications.

15, High Street

WRENN ID
fossil-wicket-acorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 April 1954
Type
Building
Address
15, High Street, Devizes, SN10 1AZ
OS grid reference
SU 004 613
Coordinates
51.35112, -1.99426
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Number 15 on High Street is a mid-19th century building located at the junction of High Street and St John's Street, serving as a prominent feature at the end of Long Street. It has two storeys, an attic, and a basement, constructed from Bath stone and set on a projecting splayed plinth. The building features a moulded string course above the ground and first-floor windows, and a parapet with moulded coping.

At the center, there is a curved gable with an ogee head, which has parapet coping that extends around it, topped with a carved and pierced finial. The attic contains a small casement window with a moulded stone surround, featuring a head made of two opposing inverted segments, a central mullion, and dividing arches that create three lights.

On the first floor, there are three large, nine-light, moulded stone mullioned and transomed casements. The ground floor has two similar windows, along with a central set of double doors made of two splayed panels, framed by a plain arched surround with a moulded band at the springing. This entrance is enhanced by an imposed porch supported by engaged Doric columns, which hold up a plain frieze and cornice that align with the first-floor string course.

Above each outer window, the parapet features panels of pierced quatrefoil design, with central cut circles crowned by pierced finials, along with cut stone side scrolls and secondary finials. The main entrance is accessed by a double flight of five steps and a bridge over the area, which is adorned with pierced stone balustrading.

Local climate

15, High 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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