Westdowne House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1973. Villa.
Westdowne House
- WRENN ID
- far-string-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 1973
- Type
- Villa
- Address
- Westdowne House, Chickerell Road, Weymouth
- OS grid reference
- SY 662 788
- Coordinates
- 50.60853, -2.47873
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Westdowne House is a detached villa set in its own grounds, built in the early 19th century. The building is rendered with a slate roof and has a compact square shape facing south, featuring an extended wing to the northeast and a small later extension to the west.
The garden front has two storeys with three windows; the first floor has large 16-pane sash windows with stone sills, while the ground floor features plain sashes that extend to floor level. The central panelled door, which includes a transom light, is sheltered by a large square portico supported by fluted Roman Doric columns, which do not have entasis. This portico carries a triglyph entablature beneath an enclosed pediment on three sides, with glazed sides and front. The building also features a plinth, a first-floor plat band, a moulded cornice, a blocking course, and a parapet.
On the left side, there is an added one-storey extension in painted brick, which has an octagonal outer end and various windows. The right side is divided into two parts; the main range has 16-pane sashes arranged in four bays, followed by a section with two 12-pane sashes set lower. This section features a pair of heavy unfluted Tuscan columns in antis that lead to a recessed porch with a door, transom light, and sidelights. Beyond this, there is another door with a transom light and a segmental head. The cornice and blocking continue along the full length of the range. The building has two stacks on the front range and two on the wing. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Westdowne House receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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