Town Hall

The Town Hall, located at No 6 in Warminster Market Place, was built around 1837 by Edward Blore in a Tudor style that imitates Longleat, serving as a two-storey replica of a section of that estate. The building is constructed of ashlar stone. Its main front features two bays connected by a porch, above which is the Thyme Arms. The design includes moulded cornices with fascia and friezes over both the ground and first floors, which are interrupted around the bays and across the porch on the ground floor. A parapet with a central bellcote, supported by scrolls and adorned with strapwork, crowns the structure.

The two square bays are framed with Doric pilasters on the ground floor and Ionic pilasters on the first floor, featuring three-light mullion and transom windows with moulded architraves. The linking porch has a round-headed entrance with a moulded architrave and an impost string. Access is provided by steps leading up to low cast-iron gates with dog-rails. The entrance doors consist of 12 panels with a glazing bar overlight. Above the porch, there is a small window behind the coat of arms and a small panel containing a clock. The return to Weymouth Street is partly made of ashlar and partly of small squared rubble, featuring a panelled chimney and an additional entrance. The building was donated to the town by the 5th Marquis of Bath in 1903.