1957
The Urban District Of Warminster Official Guide 1957/8 noted that:
The main street of the town is an exceptionally wide, dignified, and pleasant thoroughfare, with many fine old stone buildings scattered along its length, notably the attractive inns, some of which date back to the eighteenth century.
Two interesting old hotels in the Market Place are the “Bath Arms” and the “Old Bell.”
The former, a fine old coaching house with a splendid example of an archway leading into the inn-yard, adds a distinctive note with its display of the coat of arms of the Marquess of Bath, bearing the proud motto “J’ay Bonne Cause.” A point of historical interest is that in former times the hotel occasionally served as a meeting place for the manorial court.
The notable feature of the “Old Bell” is the arcade which extends across its front, a relic of the days when galleries ran all round the Corn Market for the temporary accommodation of innumerable sacks of wheat.