Wiltshire House, Maidstone Buildings is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1999. Former hop warehouse. 12 related planning applications.
Wiltshire House, Maidstone Buildings
- WRENN ID
- proud-postern-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Southwark
- Constituency
- Bermondsey and Old Southwark MP: Neil Coyle (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1999
- Type
- Former hop warehouse
- Address
- Wiltshire House, Maidstone Buildings, 74, Borough High Street, SE1 1GH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 324 800
- Coordinates
- 51.50394, -0.0926
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wiltshire House, formerly known as Kent House, is a former hop warehouse likely constructed around 1840-1850. It is shown on the 1872 Ordnance Survey Map and stands near the Anchor Brewery and the Hop Exchange. The building is constructed of stock brick with a slate roof hidden behind a parapet. It is four storeys high and has two windows and two openings to the front, and two windows to the side elevation. The front of the building features a splay and loading bays with a gantry. The windows are fixed metal casements, with round-headed openings on the top floor and cambered openings on the lower floors. A round-headed arch is present on the ground floor, incorporating modifications to the entrance. The side elevation displays cross-shaped iron ties. Inside, the roof structure includes metal king posts, and the roof itself is of pine with angled braces, purlins, a ridge piece, and dragon ties at the corners. Metal columns support each floor, connected by concertina braces. A steep wooden staircase is situated in a corner of the building. The building has undergone only minor alterations and represents a surviving example of hop warehouses in the area.
Local climate
Wiltshire House, Maidstone Buildings sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 28 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 12 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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