The Warminster Town Centre Conservation Area Assessment (Informative Document), published in March 2007, noted:
West Street was established by 1325 and by the 16th century the town extended as far as what is now 34 Vicarage Street, (Vicarage Street formerly being part of West Street). By 1783 houses stretched along West Street on both sides for 0.8km beyond the High Cross (now The Obelisk in Silver Street), and along Pound Street further than the end of Princecroft Lane. The entranceway from the town centre into this area is the junction of Vicarage Street, Pound Street and West Street. Both Pound Street and West Street, but particularly Pound Street, are narrower roads than Vicarage Street. The western end of the conservation area, in West Street, terminates with Bleeck’s Buildings and the southern end of the conservation area, along Pound Street, is marked by the change from higher density urban form to a more rural feeling in the streetscape.