Monks' Conduit is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 November 1962. Water conduit.

Monks' Conduit

WRENN ID
western-flint-elm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 November 1962
Type
Water conduit
Address
Monks' Conduit, Monkton Farleigh Village
OS grid reference
ST 803 656
Coordinates
51.3899, -2.2836
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Monks' Conduit is a water conduit dating from the 14th century. It is constructed of limestone ashlar and features a steeply pitched stone roof. The east front is gabled and includes a segmental chamfered doorway with a planked door, a slit vent, and two square vents above the door. The west side has one slit vent. Inside, there is a spring with two stone trusses supporting the roof, which have pierced pointed openings. The conduit was rebuilt in 1784 and is reputedly built over the spring that supplied water to the Cluniac priory established in 1125. It is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument in Wiltshire, numbered 267.

Local climate

Monks' Conduit 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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