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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
Kingsdown House

Kingsdown

The Swan, Kingsdown (2008)
Kingsdown
Location within Wiltshire
OS grid referenceST810670
Civil parish
  • Box
Unitary authority
  • Wiltshire
Ceremonial county
  • Wiltshire
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCORSHAM
Postcode districtSN13
Dialling code01225
PoliceWiltshire
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
  • North Wiltshire
List of places
UK
England
Wiltshire
51.402°N 2.274°W / 51.402; -2.274

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.


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