Alexander Keiller Museum is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1987. Museum.

Alexander Keiller Museum

WRENN ID
first-banister-swift
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 April 1987
Type
Museum
Address
Alexander Keiller Museum, Avebury
OS grid reference
SU 099 700
Coordinates
51.42901, -1.85826
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Alexander Keiller Museum, originally built as stables for Avebury Manor in the 18th century, has served as a museum of local antiquities since 1938. The building is constructed from sarsen stone and features a stone tiled roof. It has seven window bays, including two boarded doors and five 2-light timber windows with leaded glazing. There are flush relieving arches above the openings. The south gable includes a tall window, which has been subdivided by a floor, and a clock tower topped with a hexagonal timber bellcote and leaded roof, complete with a wind vane. A dormer was added at the north end in 1938.

Local climate

Alexander Keiller Museum receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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