Kingsdown, Box

Kingsdown
The Swan, Kingsdown (2008)
Kingsdown Location within Wiltshire
OS grid reference	ST810670
Civil parish	Box
Unitary authority	Wiltshire
Ceremonial county	Wiltshire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CORSHAM
Postcode district	SN13
Dialling code	01225
Police	Wiltshire
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Melksham and Devizes

Kingsdown is a hamlet in the civil parish of Box, Wiltshire, England. It is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south-west of Box village and 1.2 miles (1.9 km) east of Bathford, across the county border in Somerset.

Kingsdown House

At the top of Doctor's Hill, Kingsdown House is a three-storey ashlar house from the early 18th century; its formal front with parapet and corner urns was embellished in the 19th century with a Corinthian porch and a roof-height clock.[1] There was a private asylum here from the 17th century to the mid-20th,[2] latterly called Kingsdown Nursing Home.[3] The house and its adjacent 19th-century buildings are now in residential use.[4][5]

A Methodist chapel was built in 1869 and rebuilt in 1926. By 2003 it was a private house.[6]

There is a pub, the Swan Inn. Kingsdown Golf Course is on higher ground to the east of the hamlet.

References

1. Historic England. "Nos 1 and 2 Kingsdown House (1181591)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
2. Orbach, Julian; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (2021). Wiltshire. The Buildings Of England. New Haven, US and London: Yale University Press. p. 156. ISBN 978-0-300-25120-3. OCLC 1201298091.
3. "Inside Box Mad House". Box People and Places. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
4. Historic England. "No 3 Kingsdown House (1022797)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
5. Historic England. "No 7 Kingsdown House (1181608)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
6. "Methodist Chapel, Kingsdown, Box". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 28 October 2015.

External links

Media related to Kingsdown, Box at Wikimedia Commons

• "Box". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
• The Swan Inn – Box People and Places, 2018