Road Block at Royal Wilton Carpet Factory is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1951. Factory. 1 related planning application.
Road Block at Royal Wilton Carpet Factory
- WRENN ID
- still-tower-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 August 1951
- Type
- Factory
- Address
- Road Block at Royal Wilton Carpet Factory, King Street, SP2 0RS
- OS grid reference
- SU 099 314
- Coordinates
- 51.08273, -1.85881
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The road block at the Royal Wilton Carpet Factory is a Grade II listed building, primarily dating from the 18th century, with some later additions. It is part of a quadrangular group of buildings that includes a river block. The road front features a long 18th-century structure that is two storeys high and consists of 16 bays arranged in three groups.
The left section has five bays and a steep-pitched hipped mansard slate roof. The central section also has five bays and includes a segmental-headed yard entrance in the left bay, topped by a flat-pitched slate roof. The right section is taller, comprising six bays with a slate mansard roof. The walls are made of colour-washed brick on a plinth, except for the left section, which is constructed from colour-washed flint and brick in bands.
The building features small pane windows, with the upper windows being segmental-headed and the ground floor windows arched with radiating glazing. There is a four-window return to the southeast, where the upper windows are segmental-headed two-light casements.
Local climate
Road Block at Royal Wilton Carpet Factory receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Radon risk assessment
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