8, The Shambles is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 April 1952. Shop.

8, The Shambles

WRENN ID
moated-pewter-elder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 April 1952
Type
Shop
Address
8, The Shambles, Bradford-On-Avon
OS grid reference
ST 826 609
Coordinates
51.34775, -2.25057
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 8 The Shambles is a late medieval building that is adjacent to No. 7 and shares similar architectural features, except it has a stone-tiled roof, two casement windows on the first floor, and lacks a window in the gable. An ornamental wooden string runs above the first-floor windows. The shop front includes 19th-century wooden shop windows and a round-headed lunette above the door. This building is part of a group of listed buildings in The Shambles, which includes the King's Arms Hotel, Nos. 2, 5, and 6 Coppice Hill, Nos. 27 to 29 Silver Street, and No. 2 Kingston Road.

Local climate

8, The Shambles receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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