The Barton is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1960. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

The Barton

WRENN ID
grim-mullion-finch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 December 1960
Type
Cottage
Address
The Barton, 1 and 2, Box, SN13 8AL
OS grid reference
ST 814 684
Coordinates
51.41452, -2.26806
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Barton comprises a pair of cottages dating from the late 17th or early 18th century, built of rubble stone with stone-tiled roofs. The roofs have coped gables, with end wall stacks and a ridge stack. The original range has two dormer gables, each featuring a two-light recessed window with ovolo moulding and a hoodmould. A similar window is located on the ground floor to the right, while a 20th-century two-light window replaces a former door to the left. A further door and two-light window with a hoodmould, flush frame, and moulded mullion are also present. A south end extension features a ground floor front door and a gable with an upper two-light ovolo-moulded mullion window with a hoodmould; a 20th-century window sits below. The south gable has a cope. At the rear of the original range, a dormer gable is present on the left, above a three-light window and a two-light window, both recessed with ovolo moulding and hoodmoulds. To the right is a gabled rear wing with a reset two-light window with ovolo moulding and a hoodmould.

Local climate

The Barton 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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