I entirely agree with Robert Macmillan’s comment (letter to the editor, August 7) on the unsightly metal-clad ‘carbuncle’ which has appeared on top of the imposing Keep of the former Wiltshire Regimental Depot in Devizes.

If, heaven forbid, it is intended to be a permanent structure I should be interested to know its purpose and also the authority which gave planning permission for it to be deposited on that fine Victorian edifice.

Major (Retired) Jeremy York, Sorley Close, Marlborough.