The Crown is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 January 1955. Hostelry.
The Crown
- WRENN ID
- still-casement-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 January 1955
- Type
- Hostelry
- Address
- The Crown, 131, High Street, Royal Wootton Bassett
- OS grid reference
- SU 068 826
- Coordinates
- 51.5424, -1.9031
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Crown is an 18th-century hostelry located on the southeast side of High Street in Wootton Bassett. The building features painted roughcast on brick and has a tiled roof with four hipped dormers. It is two storeys high with an attic and includes a parallel rear block. The facade has three bays set on a plinth, with quoins and a parapet that is adorned with three ball finials, the central finial bearing the initials VR. The central doorcase is highlighted by an open dentilled pediment supported by pilasters and features a semi-circular fanlight, although the doors have been replaced recently. The windows are large 19th-century sashes with four panes and mini shutters. Inside, the front right room has a central spine beam and cornice.
Local climate
The Crown receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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