Gates Piers, Gates and Front Wall and Railings to the Old Malthouse is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1985. Gate piers and railings.

Gates Piers, Gates and Front Wall and Railings to the Old Malthouse

WRENN ID
crooked-rood-heron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 February 1985
Type
Gate piers and railings
Address
Gates Piers, Gates and Front Wall and Railings to the Old Malthouse, Bath Road, Melksham Without
OS grid reference
ST 892 653
Coordinates
51.38683, -2.15647
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate piers, gates, front wall, and railings to The Old Malthouse date from the 18th century. They feature rusticated stone piers topped with a cornice and large ball finials. There is an attached ashlar dwarf wall and well-crafted spear-headed iron railings, along with iron gates that also have spear heads.

Local climate

Gates Piers, Gates and Front Wall and Railings to the Old Malthouse receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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