Rock Arch is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 2001. Tunnel.

Rock Arch

WRENN ID
stony-flue-marsh
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 2001
Type
Tunnel
Address
Rock Arch, Wardour Park, Donhead St. Andrew
OS grid reference
ST 940 263
Coordinates
51.03652, -2.08628
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Rock Arch is a tunnel located in Wardour Park, Tisbury, dating from around the 1760s or possibly the 1790s. It was either designed by Richard Woods for the eighth Lord Arundell or constructed by Josiah Lane of Tisbury. The tunnel features rustic limestone random blocks for its walls and a coursed rusticated limestone arch made of smaller blocks, forming a long semi-circular barrel vault. There are long rustic retaining walls at both ends of the tunnel, which is covered with earth. The exact date of construction remains uncertain, as it could be part of Woods' landscaping work in the 1760s or Lane's design in the 1790s.

Local climate

Rock Arch receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Grotto to North East of Old Wardour Castle Grade II 115 m
  2. Old Wardour Castle Grade I 176 m
  3. Summer House to Rear of Old Wardour House Grade II 210 m
  4. Walls of Bailey to Old Wardour Castle Grade II* 211 m
  5. Old Wardour House Grade II 213 m
  6. Privy Opposite Old Wardour House on South West Corner of Bailey Walls Grade II 234 m
  7. Banqueting House at Old Wardour Park Grade II 249 m
  8. Ark Farmhouse Grade II 432 m
  9. Archway on Trackway to South West of Old Wardour Grade II 862 m
  10. 89 Grade II 970 m