Trowbridge buildings [13]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 14 Feb 2023

Now a retail shop and post office, the former White Hart public house, number 44 Fore Street, was built in the early 18th century. The building has been greatly altered, including the late 19th century polygonal bay to the left. The original building is of brick, the bay of ashlar, all under a double Roman tile roof. There are various extensions and the archway to the right provides access to White Hart Yard. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1021581 A market town and county town of Wiltshire, Trowbridge lies on the River Biss, 6 miles (10 kilometres) south of Bath. The town developed as a centre for woollen cloth production from the 14th century, which from the 17th century became increasingly industrialized, so much so that, in 1820, Trowbridge was described as the "Manchester of the West" with over 20 woollen cloth producing factories. The Kennet and Avon Canal runs just to the north of the town and both the Wessex Main Line (Bristol–Westbury–Southampton) and the Heart of Wessex Line (Bristol–Westbury–Weymouth) railways serve the station.

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