West Down is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1952. House. 3 related planning applications.

West Down

WRENN ID
shifting-bastion-auburn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 April 1952
Type
House
Address
West Down, 4, Church Street, Warminster, BA12 8PG
OS grid reference
ST 868 452
Coordinates
51.20586, -2.18915
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No 4, known as West Down, is an early 18th-century building located on the west side of Church Street in Warminster. It is two storeys high with an attic, constructed of red brick resting on a rubble plinth, featuring a moulded capping and a weathered stone string at the first-floor level. The building has a small moulded stone cornice above the first-floor windows and a brick parapet with stone coping.

There are two hipped dormer casements with tile-hung cheeks, each containing two lights. On the first floor, there are two three-light stone mullioned casements, although the lights are modern. The ground floor features two glazing bar sash windows in stucco surrounds, which flank a particularly fine doorway located to the right of centre. This doorway consists of a six-panel recessed door with an architrave surround and a triple keystone that cuts through the architrave at the top. It is set within an outer rusticated frame supported by heavy cut brackets that hold up a broken cornice and an open pediment. The tympanum is decorated with a carved mask and fruit swags, and there is a good brass knocker on the door.

At the rear, there is a 'T' plan extension that is partly rendered and partly rubble, featuring two stone mullion windows on the south-east side.

Local climate

West Down 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2000
  • 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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