3, Canon Square is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1969. House.
3, Canon Square
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-gargoyle-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1969
- Type
- House
- Address
- 3, Canon Square, Melksham
- OS grid reference
- ST 903 637
- Coordinates
- 51.37297, -2.14033
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 3 Canon Square is a house dating from the early to late 18th century. It features painted ashlar and a stone slate roof. The building has two storeys and two windows. The Gothick facade includes a six-panelled door on the left and a three-light chamfered mullioned window with four-centred arch lights on the right. There is a plat band at the first floor level and pilasters on both floors. The first floor pilasters curve into a four-centred arch above one three-light mullioned window with arched lights. The windows are fitted with lattice leaded glass.
The left side of the building is constructed from rubblestone and has two storeys plus an attic, with three windows. There is a blocked door and a door with a chamfered case on the right, along with two two-light cyma mullioned windows on the ground floor. Above these are three three-light cyma mullioned windows. The rear of the house features three Gothick pointed windows with pointed glazing bars on the first floor and one pointed window in the attic gable. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
3, Canon Square receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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