Former Lock Up is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1950. Lock-up.

Former Lock Up

WRENN ID
steep-crypt-alder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 December 1950
Type
Lock-up
Address
Former Lock Up, Wicker Hill, Trowbridge
OS grid reference
ST 853 580
Coordinates
51.32092, -2.21147
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former lock-up, also known as 'The Blind House', is located immediately east of Town Bridge on the southeast side. It was originally dated to 1757 and has been restored after being damaged during riots in 1826 and by a bomb blast in 1942. This single-storey building is constructed from square stone blocks and features stepped coping leading to a square dome topped with a ball finial. There is a panel of rusticated stone facing the road, and an open gabled stone porch that includes a stout plank door, which was formerly iron-clad and studded with nails.

Local climate

Former Lock Up receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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