The Chapel, (Offices of Samuel Salter and Company Limited) is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1976. A Early C19 Former chapel/offices. 4 related planning applications.

The Chapel, (Offices of Samuel Salter and Company Limited)

WRENN ID
turning-spire-scarlet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 November 1976
Type
Former chapel/offices
Address
The Chapel, (Offices of Samuel Salter and Company Limited), Court Street, Trowbridge, BA14 8BR
OS grid reference
ST 854 579
Coordinates
51.32056, -2.20954
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The Chapel, which serves as the offices of Samuel Salter and Company Limited, was built in 1823. It features a two-storey entrance front facing the road, constructed from ashlar stone with a rusticated treatment on the ground floor. The building has angle piers, a string course at the first-floor level, and moulded coping. There is a central pedimented break, with three arched windows on the first floor, the central one being larger and set back. The ground floor has two similar windows, all of which have glazing bars. The entrance is marked by a central double door with eight panels, a plain arched fanlight above, and a wide doorcase supported by engaged Doric columns and an entablature that includes a triglyph and rosette frieze. A shaped panel inscribed in raised letters reads "Samuel Salter and Co. Ltd. Estd, 1769". Originally, this building was the Bethesda Baptist Chapel, which has three bays in length and a two-bay lower extension at the north end. The listed mills in Court Street form an industrial group that includes Home Mill Buildings, Castle Factory, and The Chapel.

Local climate

The Chapel, (Offices of Samuel Salter and Company Limited) 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • No sale records on file
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Home Mills Main Block Grade II 30 m
  2. Retaining Wall Bounding West Side of Home Mills Complex Grade II 49 m
  3. Building at Rear of Nos 1 and 1a Grade II 57 m
  4. Building at Rear of No 2 Grade II 57 m
  5. Cast Iron Gates in Alley to East of No 4 Grade II 65 m
  6. 4, Fore Street Grade II 66 m
  7. 1 and 1a, Fore Street Grade II 68 m
  8. 2 and 3, Fore Street Grade II* 68 m
  9. Rear Extension of No 7, Together with Part of Rear of No 8 Grade II 72 m
  10. 5, Fore Street Grade II 76 m