Kingsdown, Box

{{Short description|Hamlet in Wiltshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | official_name= Kingsdown | country= England | static_image_name= The Swan at Kingsdown - geograph.org.uk - 657946.jpg | static_image_caption= The Swan, Kingsdown (2008) | region= South West England | os_grid_reference= ST810670 | post_town= CORSHAM | postcode_area= SN | postcode_district= SN13 | dial_code= 01225 | constituency_westminster= Melksham and Devizes | civil_parish= Box | unitary_england= Wiltshire | lieutenancy_england= Wiltshire | coordinates = {{coord|51.402|-2.274|type:city(50)_region:GB-WIL|display=inline,title}} }}

'''Kingsdown''' is a hamlet in the civil parish of Box, Wiltshire, England. It is about {{convert|1.5|mi|km}} south-west of Box village and {{convert|1.2|mi|km}} east of Bathford, across the county border in Somerset.

thumb|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.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1181591|desc=Nos 1 and 2 Kingsdown House|access-date=7 February 2022}}</ref> There was a private asylum here from the 17th century to the mid-20th,<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Orbach|first1=Julian|title=Wiltshire|last2=Pevsner|first2=Nikolaus|last3=Cherry|first3=Bridget|publisher=Yale University Press|year=2021|isbn=978-0-300-25120-3|series=The Buildings Of England|location=New Haven, US and London|page=156|oclc=1201298091|authorlink2=Nikolaus Pevsner|authorlink3=Bridget Cherry}}</ref> latterly called Kingsdown Nursing Home.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Inside Box Mad House|url=http://www.boxpeopleandplaces.co.uk/inside-box-mad-house.html|access-date=2022-02-07|website=Box People and Places|language=en}}</ref> The house and its adjacent 19th-century buildings are now in residential use.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1022797|desc=No 3 Kingsdown House|access-date=7 February 2022|fewer-links=yes}}</ref><ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1181608|desc=No 7 Kingsdown House|access-date=7 February 2022|fewer-links=yes}}</ref>

A Methodist chapel was built in 1869 and rebuilt in 1926. By 2003 it was a private house.<ref>{{cite web|website=Wiltshire Community History|title=Methodist Chapel, Kingsdown, Box|url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Church/Details/635|publisher=Wiltshire Council|access-date=28 October 2015}}</ref>

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

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == {{Commons category inline}} * {{Cite web |website=Wiltshire Community History |title=Box |url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Community/Index/24 |publisher=Wiltshire Council |access-date=6 February 2022}} * [http://www.boxpeopleandplaces.co.uk/the-swan-inn.html The Swan Inn] – Box People and Places, 2018

Category:Box, Wiltshire Category:Hamlets in Wiltshire