Besborough Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1954. Former lock keeper's house. 2 related planning applications.

Besborough Lodge

WRENN ID
frozen-mullion-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 April 1954
Type
Former lock keeper's house
Address
Besborough Lodge, the Nursery, Devizes, SN10 1DE
OS grid reference
SU 000 616
Coordinates
51.35423, -2.00098
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Besborough Lodge, formerly known as Canal Lodge, was originally built as a lock keeper's house for the Kennet and Avon Canal. It is situated parallel to the canal, adjacent to the Town Bridge. This early 19th-century building is two storeys high, constructed from Bath stone and set on a projecting plinth. It features a low-pitched hipped slate roof with flat bracketed eaves.

The south front has one two-light recessed casement window and a recessed door to the right, which has four flush panels. The east front is canted and contains three two-light casements on each floor. All windows are small-paned and have raised stone surrounds. There is also a spy-hole window on the ground floor of the west side, providing a view of the canal.

Local climate

Besborough Lodge 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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