diff --git a/applications/test/boundBox/Make/files b/applications/test/boundBox/Make/files
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ebb8e6fb12d4416c2fca751d9fdd512c9a8eaa4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/applications/test/boundBox/Make/files
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Test-boundBox.C
+
+EXE = $(FOAM_USER_APPBIN)/Test-boundBox
diff --git a/applications/test/boundBox/Make/options b/applications/test/boundBox/Make/options
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d27c95d033dd5d7b1995c8ff8dc406e35ca1f586
--- /dev/null
+++ b/applications/test/boundBox/Make/options
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+EXE_INC = \
+    -I$(LIB_SRC)/finiteVolume/lnInclude \
+    -I$(LIB_SRC)/meshTools/lnInclude
+
+EXE_LIBS = \
+    -lfiniteVolume \
+    -lmeshTools
diff --git a/applications/test/boundBox/Test-boundBox.C b/applications/test/boundBox/Test-boundBox.C
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cb72b9ca87b32d2a285a135e3fc9424676e93cb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/applications/test/boundBox/Test-boundBox.C
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
+  =========                 |
+  \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
+   \\    /   O peration     |
+    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2016 OpenCFD Ltd.
+     \\/     M anipulation  |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+License
+    This file is part of OpenFOAM.
+
+    OpenFOAM is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+    under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    OpenFOAM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+    ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+    FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+    for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with OpenFOAM.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+Description
+    Test bounding box behaviour
+
+\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+#include "argList.H"
+#include "Time.H"
+#include "polyMesh.H"
+#include "boundBox.H"
+#include "treeBoundBox.H"
+#include "cellModeller.H"
+
+using namespace Foam;
+
+//- simple helper to create a cube
+boundBox cube(scalar start, scalar width)
+{
+    return boundBox
+    (
+        point(start, start, start),
+        point(start + width, start + width, start + width)
+    );
+}
+
+
+// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
+// Main program:
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    #include "setRootCase.H"
+    // #include "createTime.H"
+    // #include "createMesh.H"
+
+    const cellModel& hex = *(cellModeller::lookup("hex"));
+
+    Info<<"boundBox faces: " << boundBox::faces << endl;
+    Info<<"hex faces: " << hex.modelFaces() << endl;
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
+// ************************************************************************* //
diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/boundBox/boundBox.C b/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/boundBox/boundBox.C
index 6c3ec8036f9d508779de97754872cb484fc941fa..a05ab018f6916338d7236cd5f62edca49c3458ba 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/boundBox/boundBox.C
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/boundBox/boundBox.C
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
    \\    /   O peration     |
     \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011-2016 OpenFOAM Foundation
-     \\/     M anipulation  |
+     \\/     M anipulation  | Copyright (C) 2016 OpenCFD Ltd.
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 License
     This file is part of OpenFOAM.
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ License
 \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 #include "boundBox.H"
+#include "ListOps.H"
 #include "PstreamReduceOps.H"
 #include "tmp.H"
 
@@ -45,6 +46,27 @@ const Foam::boundBox Foam::boundBox::invertedBox
 );
 
 
+//! \cond ignoreDocumentation
+//- Skip documentation : local scope only
+const Foam::label facesArray[6][4] =
+{
+    // point and face order as per hex cellmodel
+    {0, 4, 7, 3}, // x-min
+    {1, 2, 6, 5}, // x-max
+    {0, 1, 5, 4}, // y-min
+    {3, 7, 6, 2}, // y-max
+    {0, 3, 2, 1}, // z-min
+    {4, 5, 6, 7}  // z-max
+};
+//! \endcond
+
+
+const Foam::faceList Foam::boundBox::faces
+(
+    initListList<face, label, 6, 4>(facesArray)
+);
+
+
 // * * * * * * * * * * * * * Private Member Functions  * * * * * * * * * * * //
 
 void Foam::boundBox::calculate(const UList<point>& points, const bool doReduce)
@@ -164,49 +186,6 @@ Foam::tmp<Foam::pointField> Foam::boundBox::points() const
 }
 
 
-Foam::faceList Foam::boundBox::faces()
-{
-    faceList faces(6);
-
-    forAll(faces, fI)
-    {
-        faces[fI].setSize(4);
-    }
-
-    faces[0][0] = 0;
-    faces[0][1] = 1;
-    faces[0][2] = 2;
-    faces[0][3] = 3;
-
-    faces[1][0] = 2;
-    faces[1][1] = 6;
-    faces[1][2] = 7;
-    faces[1][3] = 3;
-
-    faces[2][0] = 0;
-    faces[2][1] = 4;
-    faces[2][2] = 5;
-    faces[2][3] = 1;
-
-    faces[3][0] = 4;
-    faces[3][1] = 7;
-    faces[3][2] = 6;
-    faces[3][3] = 5;
-
-    faces[4][0] = 3;
-    faces[4][1] = 7;
-    faces[4][2] = 4;
-    faces[4][3] = 0;
-
-    faces[5][0] = 1;
-    faces[5][1] = 5;
-    faces[5][2] = 6;
-    faces[5][3] = 2;
-
-    return faces;
-}
-
-
 void Foam::boundBox::inflate(const scalar s)
 {
     vector ext = vector::one*s*mag();
diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/boundBox/boundBox.H b/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/boundBox/boundBox.H
index a340a90c0421f999463d3dc27d2951e351b7244f..0d4a457db02f5f641c00099b183aac1dad62b57f 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/boundBox/boundBox.H
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/boundBox/boundBox.H
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
    \\    /   O peration     |
     \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011-2016 OpenFOAM Foundation
-     \\/     M anipulation  |
+     \\/     M anipulation  | Copyright (C) 2016 OpenCFD Ltd.
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 License
     This file is part of OpenFOAM.
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ public:
         //- A very large inverted boundBox: min/max == +/- VGREAT
         static const boundBox invertedBox;
 
+        //- Faces to point addressing, as per a 'hex' cell
+        static const faceList faces;
+
 
     // Constructors
 
@@ -158,12 +161,9 @@ public:
             //- Average length/height/width dimension
             inline scalar avgDim() const;
 
-            //- Return corner points in an order corresponding to a 'hex' cell
+            //- Corner points in an order corresponding to a 'hex' cell
             tmp<pointField> points() const;
 
-            //- Return faces with correct point order
-            static faceList faces();
-
 
         // Manipulate