Northgate House (Formerly Judge's Lodging Now the Municipal Offices) is a Grade II* listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1954. A Georgian Municipal offices. 11 related planning applications.
Northgate House (Formerly Judge's Lodging Now the Municipal Offices)
- WRENN ID
- buried-panel-mallow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 April 1954
- Type
- Municipal offices
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Northgate House (Formerly Judge's Lodging Now the Municipal Offices), Northgate Street, Devizes
- OS grid reference
- SU 001 616
- Coordinates
- 51.35381, -1.99947
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Northgate House, formerly known as the Judge's Lodging and now the Municipal Offices, is a mid-Georgian building that stands three storeys tall. It is constructed of brick on a stone plinth, featuring stone strings at the first and second floor levels, as well as at the first-floor cill level. The building has a moulded stone cornice and a brick parapet with moulded stone coping, topped by a hipped slate roof.
The main block has five windows on the upper floors and four on the ground floor, all adorned with moulded stone architraves and retaining their glazing bars. The central entrance features a six-panel door with an arched radiating and wreathed fanlight, sheltered by a stone Ionic porch supported by two columns, with wall pilasters and an entablature that includes a curved frieze, bracketed cornice, and pediment. This entrance is approached by three stone steps leading to a stone landing.
To the right of the main block, there is an additional section with a half-octagon bay facing the road, which follows the same general design and includes three windows on each floor. The garden front mirrors the street elevation. To the left, there are double curved stable walls made of red brick on a stone plinth, featuring stone coping and square stone piers with moulded caps and bases.
Although the interior has been altered for its use as Municipal Offices, it still retains some notable late 18th-century fireplaces. Northgate House, along with St Mary's Congregational Church and Nos 19 and 20 Sandcliffe, forms a cohesive group.
Local climate
Northgate House (Formerly Judge's Lodging Now the Municipal Offices) receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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 — 1 transaction since 2025
- Related listed building consents — 11 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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