Category: Bleeck’s Buildings (in Warminster)

Conservation Area Assessment 2007 ~ Bleeck’s Buildings, Warminster

The Warminster Town Centre Conservation Area Assessment (Informative Document), published in March 2007, noted:

The three storey Bleeck’s Buildings – now 101-119 West Street – is an imposing and dominant building within the area. This building was in existence in 1886 and, at that time, was the westernmost extent of the town’s continuous development. The building is now a collection of separate dwelling units. Despite this it has retained most of its original character and plays an important visual and historic role in the conservation area.

Building Plans For Alterations To Bleeck’s Buildings, West Street, Warminster ~ 1938

Building plans for alterations to Bleek’s Buildings [sic – Bleeck’s Buildings], West Street, were submitted by M. Bradshaw (PA101) to Warminster Urban District Council, in 1938. These plans can be found in the archives at the Wiltshire And Swindon History Centre at Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 2QN. The reference number is G16/760/447

Bleeck’s Buildings, Warminster, Residents 1936

A list of residents at Bleeck’s Buildings, West Street, Warminster, in 1936:

H. Burton, 2 Bleeck’s Buildings, West Street, Warminster.
M.G. Trollope, 3 Bleeck’s Buildings, West Street, Warminster.
A.G. Pearce, 4 Bleeck’s Buildings, West Street, Warminster.
Mrs. E. Hampton, 5 Bleeck’s Buildings, West Street, Warminster.

W.H. Scane, 6 Bleeck’s Buildings, West Street, Warminster.
Mrs. Croome, 7 Bleeck’s Buildings, West Street, Warminster.
Mrs. Sims, 8 Bleeck’s Buildings, West Street, Warminster.

E. Pearce, 9 Bleeck’s Buildings, West Street, Warminster.
W. Grist, 10 Bleeck’s Buildings, West Street, Warminster.
J. Dyer, 11 Bleeck’s Buildings, West Street, Warminster.
Mrs. L. Sims, 12 Bleeck’s Buildings, West Street, Warminster.

Residents At Bleeck’s Buildings, West Street, Warminster, 1933

Residents at Bleeck’s Buildings, West Street, Warminster, 1933:

F. Butcher, 1 Bleeck’s Buildings.
C.W. Presley, 2 Bleeck’s Buildings.
M.G. Trollope, 3 Bleeck’s Buildings.
A.G. Pearce, 4 Bleeck’s Buildings.

R.J. Pearce, 5 Bleeck’s Buildings.
W.H. Scane, 6 Bleeck’s Buildings.
J. Croome, 7 Bleeck’s Buildings.
R.C. Prince, 8 Bleeck’s Buildings.

W. Grist, 9 Bleeck’s Buildings.
G. Whatley, 10 Bleeck’s Buildings.
J. Dyer, 11 Bleeck’s Buildings.
W. Sims, 12 Bleeck’s Buildings.

Bleeck’s Buildings, Warminster, Householders 1923

Bleeck’s Buildings was the name for the apartments occupying the former horse-hair furniture factory at the western end of West Street, Warminster.

According to the West Wilts Directory 1923, the householders at Bleeck’s Buildings, were:

M.G. Trollope, Bleeck’s Buildings.
A.G. Pearce, 4 Bleeck’s Buildings.
Mrs E. Hampton, 5 Bleeck’s Buildings.
W. Franklin, 9 Bleeck’s Buildings.
Mrs L. Sims, 12 Bleeck’s Buildings.

Sale Particulars Of Property In West Street, Warminster, Sold By Trustees Of The Late Catherine Bleeck, Including ‘Bleecks Buildings’ 1886

The Wiltshire And Swindon History Centre, at Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3QN, holds the following document(s):

Sale particulars of property in West Street, Warminster, sold by the trustees of the late Catherine Bleeck, including the cottages known as ‘Bleecks Buildings’. Bundle also includes an abstract of title (1847-1886) and some draft conveyances. 1886. Farnfield and Nicholls, solicitors, Warminster. Reference 628/17/8.