19, THE BRIDGE (See details for further address information)

CHIPPENHAM

ST9173SE THE BRIDGE 930-1/9/215 No.19 22/06/78

GV II

Includes: No.37 FOGHAMSHIRE. Shops, probably a former department store. c1910. Limestone ashlar; roof unseen, probably slate; lead dome to corner bay. Free style, mostly Baroque. L-shaped plan. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys; 8-window range in original openings. C20 shop fronts with banded rustication to the pilasters, one to the left (east), 2 to the right (north, in Foghamshire). Plate-glass sash windows. The facade is spanned by a projecting C20-style entablature, dentilled cornice and blocking course. A semicircular tower at the corner has 3 windows under a hemi-spherical dome with a weather vane and ball topping a tall finial; engaged Ionic columnns flank the 2nd-storey windows; banded rustication to the 1st floor and paired Tuscan columns to the ground floor flank a portico in antis over double half-glazed doors. To the sides, the 2 upper floors are articulated by Ionic columns resting on the cornice of the shops below. The facade to the left has a full-width 6-light semicircular window with transom and keystone to the 1st floor which supports 2 small central engaged Ionic columns on the 2nd floor. These are flanked by 3-light segmental bay windows which project to meet the entablature. The range to the far right is similar. To the immediate right of the entrance the 2nd-floor bay is over a similar taller one to the 1st floor with elaborate carving around a plaque between floors. INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: ST9190273443