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Fore Street, WESTBURY, BA13 3AU

Numbers 9, 11, 15 and 15A Fore Street are 4 cottages in a terrace. Built in the late 18th or early 19th century in redbrick with a pantile roof. The shop front to number 9 is a later insertion. Much of the fenestration has been altered. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1181116 Fore Street suffers from being part of the busy A350 which runs through the town with a constant stream of heavy goods vehicles. Westbury is a former market town in the far west of Wiltshire under the north western edge of Salisbury Plain, 4 miles south of Trowbridge and 4 miles north of Warminster. Westbury was a centre of the cloth industry from the later 15th century until the 19th century. Malting was another important industry. There are now a number of large industrial and trading estates around the town with many residents working there. The town is an important junction point on the railway network with the Reading to Taunton line intersecting the line from Bristol to Southampton.

Another commercial premises in Westbury that has fallen by the wayside.

Even numbers 6 to 12 Fore Street are a terrace of four 18th century cottages with later alterations. Built of brick, now pebbledashed, on a stone plinth with an old tile roof. The fenestration has been altered and a late 19th century shop front to number 8 has been removed. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1036294 Fore Street suffers from being part of the busy A350 which runs through the town with a constant stream of heavy goods vehicles. Westbury is a former market town in the far west of Wiltshire under the north western edge of Salisbury Plain, 4 miles south of Trowbridge and 4 miles north of Warminster. Westbury was a centre of the cloth industry from the later 15th century until the 19th century. Malting was another important industry. There are now a number of large industrial and trading estates around the town with many residents working there. The town is an important junction point on the railway network with the Reading to Taunton line intersecting the line from Bristol to Southampton.

Numbers 14, 16 and 18 Fore Street are three 18th century cottages in a row. Constructed of brick with a concrete tile roof. Number 18 had a shop front, now removed. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1036295 Fore Street suffers from being part of the busy A350 which runs through the town with a constant stream of heavy goods vehicles. Westbury is a former market town in the far west of Wiltshire under the north western edge of Salisbury Plain, 4 miles south of Trowbridge and 4 miles north of Warminster. Westbury was a centre of the cloth industry from the later 15th century until the 19th century. Malting was another important industry. There are now a number of large industrial and trading estates around the town with many residents working there. The town is an important junction point on the railway network with the Reading to Taunton line intersecting the line from Bristol to Southampton.

Towards Trowbridge.

Town centre pub at 19 Market Place. The street name sign a few metres beyond the far edge of the pub shows Fore Street.

A view looking north from the end of Fore Street towards the junction of Frogmore (left) with the A350 Trowbridge Road.

A view looking east across Field Close to the entrance to Bell Orchard, a sheltered housing complex.

A view looking north along Frogmore Road.