Entrance Gates, Piers and Flanking Walls to Box House is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 July 1985. A C19 Entrance gates and walls.

Entrance Gates, Piers and Flanking Walls to Box House

WRENN ID
sunken-rampart-ochre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 July 1985
Type
Entrance gates and walls
Address
Entrance Gates, Piers and Flanking Walls to Box House, Bath Road
OS grid reference
ST 821 684
Coordinates
51.41459, -2.25773
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The entrance gates, piers, and flanking walls to Box House were built in the early to mid 19th century. They feature a small wall made of ashlar stone with ashlar coping and caps on the piers. There are two gate piers, each topped with corniced caps, although only one has a pyramid capstone. The gates themselves are made of early 19th century iron with a spearhead design. Each side of the entrance has a curved wall leading to the outer ashlar piers, which are also corniced and topped with pyramid caps. To the left of the outer left pier, there is a short section of coped wall that ramps down, while a longer section of coped wall to the right of the outer right pier is not included in the listing.

Local climate

Entrance Gates, Piers and Flanking Walls to Box House receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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