2021

ST8751 : Westbury buildings [31]

taken 3 years ago, near to Westbury, Wiltshire, England

Westbury buildings [31]
Westbury buildings [31]
The former town hall in Market Place was built in 1815. Constructed in Bath stone ashlar with a slate roof. The ground floor is colonnaded with rusticated piers and there are two Roman Doric columns in each bay. Within the colonnade is a modern shop front, formerly three. The building has recently been home to a firm of solicitors and to a restaurant. Listed, grade II*, with details at: LinkExternal link
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.

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Geographical Context: Lowlands Public buildings and spaces City, Town centre Primary Subject: Town Hall
This photo is linked from: Other Photos: · Westbury buildings [32] ·
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ST8751, 542 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Michael Dibb   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 29 April, 2021   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 8 May, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! ST 8738 5151 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:15.7564N 2:10.9351W
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OSGB36: geotagged! ST 8736 5151
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EAST (about 90 degrees)
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