Ashley Leigh is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1960. House. 12 related planning applications.

Ashley Leigh

WRENN ID
haunted-rampart-torch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 December 1960
Type
House
Address
Ashley Leigh, Box, SN13 8AJ
OS grid reference
ST 813 684
Coordinates
51.41466, -2.26903
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ashley Leigh is a house built in the late 18th century and early 19th century, constructed from ashlar and some rubble stone, featuring a Bridgwater-tiled main range. The building has two storeys. The main range, primarily ashlar fronted and dating from around 1820-1830, has a rubble stone west end that may be older, all incorporated under an overall moulded cornice and parapet. It has coped gables, end wall stacks, and a ridge stack situated between the two parts.

The ashlar section consists of a two-window range with 12-pane sash windows, paired on the left side of each floor, and a single window on the first floor right above a 6-pane Regency style door that has a hood supported by brackets. The floors are framed by raised strips at the angles and across at the platband, with a first-floor sill course and cornice below. The west section features a one-window range with an upper triple window of 8-pane sashes, where the centre light is taller. The ground floor has a similar arrangement with a door flanked by 8-pane lights.

At the east end, there is an ashlar, stone-tiled range with a coped gable, which appears to have been a schoolroom or chapel. This single-storey section has a blocked centre door accessed by stone steps, with a 12-pane sash window on each side. The east end has a coped gable, a 12-pane sash, and a blocked 2-light gable window.

To the rear of the main range is an early 19th-century ashlar structure that was originally a pair of houses, featuring a slate mansard roof, coped gables, and end-wall and ridge stacks. This two-storey building has a three-window range of 12-pane sashes, with a raised band and sill course. The upper floor has three sashes, while the ground floor has two sashes and two doors that alternate, with the doors also featuring hoods on brackets. One of the doors on the left is blocked.

Local climate

Ashley Leigh 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2008
  • Related listed building consents — 12 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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