Westlink House is a Grade II listed building in the Hounslow local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 1981. Commercial. 5 related planning applications.
Westlink House
- WRENN ID
- winding-spandrel-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hounslow
- Constituency
- Brentford and Isleworth MP: Ruth Cadbury (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 February 1981
- Type
- Commercial
- Address
- Westlink House, Great West Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 167 775
- Coordinates
- 51.48496, -0.32038
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Westlink House, formerly known as the Pyrene II Factory, is a building designed by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners in 1928, although it has been altered since then. It features a modernistic style that is symmetrical and rectilinear, with a rendered exterior. The building is primarily two storeys high and is situated on a raised bank.
The most prominent feature is the central tower, which has stepped haunches and abstract moulded elements at the top. This tower includes a recessed panel that originally housed three tiers of three narrow windows above the entrance, which is now framed by geometric decoration and has been converted to a window. The entrance is accentuated by prominent front steps that split into sideways flights and are supported by square buttressing.
The long wings of the building are characterized by horizontal lines and a gridwork of twelve large windows, which were originally small-framed but have been altered to feature large panes. The terminal windows are narrow and set in slightly advanced sections. The parapet has ribbed panels and raised sections at the corners. The rear parts of the building are not of special interest, and a later six-window section to the left is not included in the listing.
Local climate
Westlink House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 1 transaction since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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