Kingsway House is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1978. Workhouse. 6 related planning applications.
Kingsway House
- WRENN ID
- buried-truss-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 June 1978
- Type
- Workhouse
- Address
- Kingsway House, Queen Street, Wilton, SP2 0FB
- OS grid reference
- SU 099 318
- Coordinates
- 51.08598, -1.86
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kingsway House is a former workhouse dating from the early to mid-19th century. It is a cross-in-square plan building, largely retaining its original form. The main block faces west and stands three storeys high, with a three-storey cruciform arrangement of wings extending behind and linked by single-storey buildings. Constructed of red brick with slate roofs, the main block features a brick eaves cornice and three rows of sash windows with glazing bars, each with a brick flat arch. First and second-floor cill bands are present. The main entrance door has been moved from the original central position to the left-hand side. The intersection of the wings is octagonal. The building is set back from the road, standing on a terrace supported by a brick retaining wall that varies in height from 4 to 7 feet and incorporates wall buttresses. Cast-iron railings are set into the wall in front of the main block. This exemplifies the cruciform workhouse design popularized by Sampson Kempthorne following the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, and was possibly influenced by George Gilbert Scott, Kempthorne’s partner.
Local climate
Kingsway House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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 — 18 transactions since 2008
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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