Westbrooke House is a Grade II* listed building in the East Hampshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 March 1951. A C18 House, offices. 3 related planning applications.
Westbrooke House
- WRENN ID
- final-rubblework-mint
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hampshire
- Constituency
- East Hampshire MP: Damian Hinds (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 March 1951
- Type
- House, offices
- Address
- Westbrooke House, 76, High Street, Alton, GU34 1EN
- OS grid reference
- SU 716 392
- Coordinates
- 51.14769, -0.97749
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Westbrooke House is a house, later used as offices, dating from the early 18th century. It has been altered and extended to the right and rear. The main front of the building is three storeys high and five bays wide, with the central bay slightly projected forward. The exterior is brick with a slate roof. The ground floor features a central door within a pedimented stone doorcase, accessed by modern steps, flanked by two sash windows. The first and second floors each have five similar sash windows. The central window on the second floor has a brick head. A deep cornice with modillion detailing runs along the eaves.
The interior retains contemporary doors and panelling, as well as a notable oak staircase with alternate fluted and twisted balusters and carved stair ends. The staircase is accessed on each level through a depressed arch with a plaster panelled soffit and jambs, and the staircase ceiling is richly decorated in plaster. Seven sections of a Doric frieze have been re-used on the walls of the hall and stairs, featuring triglyphs and moulded trophies, seven of which are carved devices.
Local climate
Westbrooke House receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 — 33 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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