Former drying house to rear of Nos 7 and 8, Ancliff Square is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1988. Drying house. 4 related planning applications.
Former drying house to rear of Nos 7 and 8, Ancliff Square
- WRENN ID
- keen-ember-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1988
- Type
- Drying house
- Address
- Former drying house to rear of Nos 7 and 8, Ancliff Square, Avoncliff, Westwood, BA15 2HD
- OS grid reference
- ST 803 598
- Coordinates
- 51.3376, -2.28351
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This late 18th-century drying house is located to the rear of numbers 7 and 8, Ancliff Square, in Westwood, Avoncliff. Originally built as a drying house, it is now used as a store. The building is constructed of limestone ashlar with a domed stone roof and a central cylindrical stone stack. It has a square plan and is single-storied. The front has two planked doors on the left and right sides. The returns have two open windows at a higher level, and the rear has two doorways similar to those on the front. The interior is divided into four 'cells'. It was possibly used as a blind house for confinement of inmates of a workhouse, but it was likely originally used for drying wool.
Local climate
Former drying house to rear of Nos 7 and 8, Ancliff Square receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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