Shane's Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1971. A 1840s-1850s House.
Shane's Castle
- WRENN ID
- strange-quoin-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1971
- Type
- House
- Address
- Shane's Castle, Bath Road, Devizes
- OS grid reference
- ST 997 617
- Coordinates
- 51.35451, -2.00497
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Shane's Castle is a small stone building dating from around 1840 to 1850. It is two stories high and features an octagonal section connected to a rectangular section of the same width, with splayed angles on the plan. A small square porch, which is one story tall, is located opposite the center of the east end and is linked to the octagon by a narrower passage. The two-story block has a battlement cresting with moulded coping on a moulded string.
On the north side, where the octagon and rectangle meet, there is an angular bay stair turret with slit lights. The south front includes four-light casements and a ledged door set within a three-centred pointed and splayed arched surround, along with additional small casements on the splays of the octagon. The north side features two four-light casements, the stair turret, and similar windows on the splays of the octagon, as well as a secondary door leading to the porch. The porch has a blocked arched opening facing east. All windows are fitted with drip moulds, and the building is well constructed.
Local climate
Shane's Castle 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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