Avon Bridge House

CHIPPENHAM

ST9173SE BATH ROAD 930-1/9/2 (South side) 22/06/78 Avon Bridge House (Formerly Listed as: BATH ROAD (South side) Nestle's Warehouses)

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Warehouses and factory, now offices. c1873 and later rebuilding of an earlier cloth factory. Squared coursed limestone rubble with freestone dressings and slate roof. 2 blocks, both rectangular plan (and part of a wall to 3rd block to the left, east, now demolished). EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic; block to the left 10-window range, taller block to the right 18-window range. C20 glazing to tall segmental-arched windows with rusticated architraves; similar quoins and jambs to wide segmental arches and to each end and centre. The block to the left has a more steeply pitched roof, a blank left return and a pyramidal bellcote (restored); the block to the right has stone coping over stepped freestone blocks to the right return which has one window to the attic, 3 to the 1st floor and one to the ground floor. INTERIOR: not inspected but noted as retaining original cast-iron columns and beams. HISTORY: the site was acquired in 1873 by the National Anglo-Swiss Milk Company for their 1st factory in Britain. (Jefferies S (Chippenham Civic Society): A Chippenham Collection: Chippenham: 1987-: 45-46).

Listing NGR: ST9187473316