39 and 40, Fore Street, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 (Grade II)

39 and 40, Fore Street is a grade two (II) listed building in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14. It was first listed in 1976.

About 39 and 40, Fore Street

FORE STREET 1. 5411 (North East Side) Nos 39 and 40 ST 8557 7/250 II GV



1854-55 early Renaissance Italianate. 2 storey Bath stone, dressed and coursed. Parapet ramped up to sides and centre. Billet moulding over ground floor; plain moulding with grotesques to sides (an atlant end a lion of sorts) and another off centre right. Bulge in centre for (lost) flagstaff. Arcade of 4 openings to ground floor with drip moulds and dying mouldings to arches. No 39 retains carved capitals to octagonal piers; piers of No 40 replaced by RSJ to both arches (now glazed). 2 pairs of arch headed windows on 1st floor, also with drip moulds; cable moulding, coupled central colonettes with stiff leaf caps, piers to sides and mask cill brackets on both pairs.



Nos 37 to 44 (consec), No 38A and Nos 46 to 48 (consec) form a group with No 13 Church Walk. No 43 is of local interest.


Where is 39 and 40, Fore Street?

39 and 40, Fore Street is located on 39 and 40, Fore Street, in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14.


Key Facts

Grid ReferenceST 85667 57958
Easting, Northing385667, 157958.36084
Latitude, Longitude51.320547, -2.207062
Grade listingII (two)
English Heritage List Entry Number1021578
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