The Old Vestry Rooms (Premises of Messrs Sweetland) is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1976. Vestry rooms.
The Old Vestry Rooms (Premises of Messrs Sweetland)
- WRENN ID
- hollow-groin-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1976
- Type
- Vestry rooms
- Address
- The Old Vestry Rooms (Premises of Messrs Sweetland), Church Street, Trowbridge
- OS grid reference
- ST 856 581
- Coordinates
- 51.32199, -2.20775
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Vestry Rooms, located on Church Street, were built in the mid-20th century and are two storeys tall. The building is designed in a vernacular style, constructed from rubble with dressed quoins and relieving arches above the ground floor windows. It features a tiled roof, with stone tiles on the south side. A central stack is positioned to the north, slightly breaking the roofline and shaped to the left, stepping below the eaves.
To the left of the chimney, there is a gable that includes a stepped three-light mullion and transom window with lattice lead glazing. On the ground floor, there are two four-light mullion and transom windows flanking the chimney. To the right, a lean-to has a pointed doorway with three stepped lancets above. Additionally, there is a three-light stepped window in the west gable and an entrance in the east gable leading to the first floor via a ramp.
The Old Vestry Rooms are part of a group that includes the Parish Church of St James, the listed tombs, Nos 7 and 11 to 13 Church Walk, and Nos 46 to 48 Fore Street. Nos 2 and 7 Church Walk are also of local interest.
Local climate
The Old Vestry Rooms (Premises of Messrs Sweetland) receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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