Westhaven (Former Orphanage) is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1978. Former orphanage.

Westhaven (Former Orphanage)

WRENN ID
sombre-cobble-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 March 1978
Type
Former orphanage
Address
Westhaven (Former Orphanage), 6, West Street, Warminster
OS grid reference
ST 866 450
Coordinates
51.20433, -2.19234
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Westhaven, formerly an orphanage, is a building from the 18th century or early 19th century located on the south side of West Street in Warminster. It has two storeys, a cellar, and an attic, constructed of coursed rubble with an old tile roof that is hipped to the right-hand return. The building features off-ridge brick chimneys.

On the first floor, there is a central single light window flanked by tripartite windows, which are late glazed sashes. The ground floor has two tripartite windows and a six-panel door set in deep panelled reveals, surrounded by an architrave. Above the door is a plain frieze and a small flat cantilever hood. To the right, there is a two-light mullioned cellar opening.

At the rear, there are two hipped gabled extensions with stone base courses, tiled roofs, and brick quoins and dressings. The building also has three dormers: one on each return and one in the centre.

Local climate

Westhaven (Former Orphanage) receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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