Boundary Walls, Gates and Gate Piers of Numbers 27 and 27a is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. Boundary wall, gate, gate pier.
Boundary Walls, Gates and Gate Piers of Numbers 27 and 27a
- WRENN ID
- roaming-stronghold-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Boundary wall, gate, gate pier
- Address
- Boundary Walls, Gates and Gate Piers of Numbers 27 and 27a, Northgate Street, Devizes
- OS grid reference
- SU 000 616
- Coordinates
- 51.35435, -2.00069
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The boundary walls, gates, and gate piers of numbers 27 and 27A on Northgate Street date from the 19th century. The stone rubble wall features dressed capping and encloses the property at the rear and along the canal towpath. There is a low wall facing the street that was originally topped with railings. The structure includes gateways at either end and in the center, with square section panelled stone piers that have Soanian caps. The gates are made with thin iron posts adorned with anthemion cresting, spearhead rails, and dog rails.
Local climate
Boundary Walls, Gates and Gate Piers of Numbers 27 and 27a receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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