Reg Cundick and Danny Howell, writing about The Bunch Of Grapes public house, in the book The Inns & Taverns Of Warminster, published in November 1987, stated:
In 1919 the Bunch Of Grapes (formerly Applegates of Trowbridge off-licence) was up for sale by the owners, the Longleat Estate, but let on a yearly tenancy to Applegates. It remained so until the late 1920s when it was taken over by J. Ethell, who had previously been at the Bath Arms, Warminster. The Bunch of Grapes at this time had a partial licence; open for only six days a week, closing at 9.00 p.m. each evening. A notice to this effect appeared in the Warminster & Westbury Journal in December 1928 when Ethell applied on Saturday 22nd December 1928 for an extension from 9.00 p.m. to 10.00 p.m. This was temporarily granted on the grounds that the Christmas trade was a special occasion.