Gael Cottage and Cottage to West is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 July 1985. Row of cottages.

Gael Cottage and Cottage to West

WRENN ID
south-bracket-thunder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 July 1985
Type
Row of cottages
Address
Gael Cottage and Cottage to West, Bath Road, Box
OS grid reference
ST 823 684
Coordinates
51.41462, -2.25535
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Gael Cottage and the cottage to the west are a row of three cottages, now two, dating from the 18th century and altered over time. They are constructed of rubble stone, featuring stone tiles on two sections and pantiles on the right end. Each section has coped gables and there is one ridge stack. The cottages are two storeys high.

The west section includes two upper 2-light flush cyma-moulded mullion windows, a ground floor single light that has been blocked, a blocked door, and a 4-pane sash window. The centre section has two 4-pane upper windows in recessed ovolo-moulded surrounds, which were formerly mullion windows, along with a ground floor window and door. The right section is made of ashlar and features a 4-pane ground floor window on the south side, an oval light in the attic at the west end, and a 3-light flush cyma-moulded mullion window on both the ground and first floors. Additionally, there is a 2-light ovolo-moulded mullion window on the north side of the first floor, with a wallface stack to the right. The centre section also has an altered door and a 2-light ovolo-moulded mullion window on the north side, both beneath a single hoodmould.

Local climate

Gael Cottage and Cottage to West 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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