Garden wall with stone talbots at Dorothy House Hospice (formerly Winsley House) is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 March 2015. Garden wall.
Garden wall with stone talbots at Dorothy House Hospice (formerly Winsley House)
- WRENN ID
- veiled-wicket-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 March 2015
- Type
- Garden wall
- Address
- Garden wall with stone talbots at Dorothy House Hospice (formerly Winsley House), Bradford on Avon, BA15 2LE
- OS grid reference
- ST 798 608
- Coordinates
- 51.34618, -2.29108
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The garden wall at Dorothy House Hospice, formerly known as Winsley House, dates back to either 1637 or 1657. It features three limestone talbot statues and has undergone alterations and repairs in the 20th century.
The wall is approximately 120 meters long and about 2 meters high, constructed from random stone rubble with dressed stone used in the later curved sections at the main entrance along Bradford Road. It has flat stone copings throughout. The entrance is highlighted by two stone talbot statues positioned on a flat stone base atop the coping. Another talbot statue is located above a flat-arched stone ashlar doorway further north along Bradford Road, which contains a planked timber door fitted with decorative cast-iron strap hinges. Above this doorway is a small date stone inscribed with '1637' or '1657', though the third number is only partially legible.
The talbot statues, while slightly weathered, are well-defined, depicting the dogs with curly fur and tails resting on their backs. They are shown in an upright position, each wearing a studded collar with an attached chain. During a recent restoration, traces of historic red paint were discovered in the mouth of one of the talbots.
Local climate
Garden wall with stone talbots at Dorothy House Hospice (formerly Winsley House) 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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