Arlington House
ARLINGTON HOUSE, 72, FORE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1364231
- Date first listed:
- 29-Dec-1950
- List Entry Name:
- Arlington House
- Statutory Address:
- ARLINGTON HOUSE, 72, FORE STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1364231
- Date first listed:
- 29-Dec-1950
- List Entry Name:
- Arlington House
- Statutory Address 1:
- ARLINGTON HOUSE, 72, FORE STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- ARLINGTON HOUSE, 72, FORE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Trowbridge
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 85448 58050
Details
FORE STREET 1. 5411 (North West Side) No 72 (Arlington House) ST 8558 4/79 29.12.50. GV
2. Early C18 town house. Apparently house of the Singer family of clothiers. Ashlar built on moulded plinth. Draughted corner piers. Moulded eaves cornice. Stone tile roof with 2 off ridge brick chimneys. 3 dormers, the central dormer segmental- headed all with moulded cornices. 5 ranges of glazing bar sash windows, raised stone surrounds with moulded outer edges and beaded inner edges; brackets to cills. Cornices to ground floor windows. Central Doric porch of 2 engaged piers and moulded entablature; Triglyph frieze damaged: no triglyphs, only guttae. 6 panel door in channelled surround, upper corners of rectangular fanlight over door void because of segmental ceiling to hall. 2 storey brick rear extension to rubble brick wall.
Nos 65 to 68 (consec), Nos 70 to 73 (consec), railings and gates to Nos 68 and 70, dwarf stone wall to No 72, No 64 (Lloyds Bank) and Usher's Brewery Corner Block, form an outstanding group with No 8 and premises occupied by K.J. Lestor to south west of No 8 Wicker Hill.
Listing NGR: ST8544858050
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 314018
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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