The Tower House is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1988. House.

The Tower House

WRENN ID
stranded-sentry-willow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 June 1988
Type
House
Address
The Tower House, Pomeroy Lane, Wingfield
OS grid reference
ST 817 569
Coordinates
51.3116, -2.26364
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Tower House is a detached house built in the late 17th century, with alterations made around 1980. It is constructed of coursed rubble stone and features a stone slate pyramidal roof, with double Roman tiles on the former shelter shed to the right. The building has a square two-storey tower attached to a five-bay former shelter shed on the right side. The front of the house is two-storey with one window, showcasing a moulded square-headed doorway that contains a 20th-century door, and a concrete cross window to the left. There is a moulded string course at the first floor level and one cyma-moulded cross window.

On the left side, there is a 20th-century conservatory and a cross window on the first floor. The rear of the building features 20th-century patio doors and a cross window, along with single-storey extensions added to the rear left. The former shelter shed, which is attached to the right of the front, has five bays with square stone piers between each bay. This area is now closed off and has 20th-century inserted casements. The original purpose of the building is not known, but it may have been part of a larger farm complex.

Local climate

The Tower House 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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