The Blind House is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1960. Lock-up. 1 related planning application.
The Blind House
- WRENN ID
- hidden-hall-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1960
- Type
- Lock-up
- Address
- The Blind House, High Street, Box, SN13 8NN
- OS grid reference
- ST 824 684
- Coordinates
- 51.41511, -2.25335
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Blind House is an early 18th-century lock-up located on the north side of High Street. It has a square plan topped with an octagonal stone dome and a ball finial, along with a baluster-shaped stone chimney at the northeast corner. The building features a raised plinth and a moulded stone cornice. The centre of the façade slightly projects forward and includes an arched doorway with a studded plank door. Above the doorway is a pointed north window with a square opening. To the right, there is a short length of ashlar wall that has coping ramped down to a pier with a moulded cornice and a rounded cap.
Local climate
The Blind House 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2020
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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