Information gleaned from a Warminster Town Guide, 1971:
The fire station and Woodmead Welfare Home for the Elderly [at Portway] are of modern design.
In the same area is the Urban District Council’s Portway Lane Housing Estate which has been built to the most modern design and standards in accordance with the recommendations of the Parker Morris Report on Housing.
At the entrance to the Portway Lane Housing Estate, and in the same style, is Medlicott House, a group of elderly persons’ dwellings, which provide 16 single and 4 double bed-roomed self contained flats with communal facilities and a warden service.