Walls to West Side of Fruit Garden, Biddesden House is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 1988. Wall.
Walls to West Side of Fruit Garden, Biddesden House
- WRENN ID
- fallow-cornice-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 June 1988
- Type
- Wall
- Address
- Walls to West Side of Fruit Garden, Biddesden House, Biddesden Lane, Ludgershall
- OS grid reference
- SU 293 509
- Coordinates
- 51.25685, -1.58079
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The walls to the west side of the Fruit Garden at Biddesden House date from the 18th century and run in parallel from Biddesden Lane to the hilltop gazebo. The west wall is made of cob with four lifts, resting on flint footings, and features a thatched coping. The east wall is constructed of flint on a brick base, with the top courses made of brick supporting a weathered stone coping. Both walls are approximately 2 meters high and 130 meters long.
Local climate
Walls to West Side of Fruit Garden, Biddesden House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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