The sign for Emwell House
at 7 Emwell Street, Warminster.
Photographed by Danny Howell
on the afternoon of
Sunday 18th September 2011.
Category: About Warminster: Emwell Street
Conservation Assessment – Emwell Street, Warminster
The Warminster Town Centre Conservation Area Assessment (Informative Document), published in March 2007, noted:
Emwell Street runs parallel to Silver Street, with the effect of creating a large roundabout containing property on the south side of Silver Street and the north side of Emwell Street and linking into Sambourne Road and Vicarage Street. This results in some of the property being accessed from both roads, effectively having two public frontages. Emwell Street is distinctly different in character from the other roads, being one-way, traffic-calmed and narrower than them. It has a more suburban feel to it. The areas of open space created by school playing fields and off-street car parking, that break up the southern side of this street, also contribute to this character.
Katy’s At The Weymouth Arms
Saturday 17th January 1987
Advertisement:
New Year re-opening of
Katy’s at the Weymouth Arms,
Emwell Street, Warminster.
Music & Dancing for the over 18s, 8.30 pm to 12.30.
Every Friday and Saturday
from 22nd January 1987.
Soul, Disco, Dance Classics & latest sounds.
Anything from The Animals to ZZ Top.
Admission £1.50
Dress casual. Open 8.30 pm to 12.30 am.
Bar shuts 12.30 am. No admission after 10.30 pm.
Happy Hour 8.30 till 10.00 pm.
Hall available for hire, Mondays and Thursdays.
For further information go to the Weymouth Arms,
Emwell Street, Warminster, during pub hours.
Telephone 218955.
The Public Conveniences Near The Corner Of At Emwell Street And Sambourne Road, Warminster
Julian Butler has very kindly shared the
above Warminster photograph with
readers of www.dannyhowell.net.
It’s a view looking west from the road
that gives access to the Western Car Park,
looking across Sambourne Road to
Emwell Street. Of most interest in the
photo is the hut-like building on the
right behind one of the parked cars.
This building was the gentlemen’s public
conveniences which existed on the
corner of Emwell Street and Sambourne
Road for many years. In the yard behind
them were some lock-up garages
made of wood and corrugated iron, which
looked very delapidated in their final years.
The conveniences were demolished in
the early 1980s, so the photograph must
pre-date 1980 or thereabouts.
Our thanks to Julian for sharing this photo
with dannyhowell.net.
The Changing Face Of Warminster -Emwell Street
Extract from The Changing Face Of Warminster by Wilfred Middlebrook, published in 1971:
Emwell Street lies in the heart of old Warminster, linking the foot of Sambourne Road with Vicarage Street. Today, in its quietude, it seems indeed a back street and for many years such was its name – Back Street. In olden days it was a main residential street with the fine houses and spacious gardens of wealthy clothiers and brewers, with the Sambourne Stream flowing openly along its course to join what is now called Swan River. Craven House was once facing Emwell Street, with the stables at the rear, as they still are, in Silver Street.
1970 Map Showing Emwell Street, Silver Street And Part Of Sambourne Road, Warminster
1970 Map showing Emwell Street, Silver
Street, and the lower end (northern end)
of Sambourne Road, Warminster.
Cruses Coaches
Tuesday 1st October 1968
Travel by Cruses Coaches
Coaches for Hire.
Try us for your next outing.
Emwell Street, Warminster.
Telephone 3467.
Building Trades Operatives, 1951
From the West Wilts Directory, 1951:
Warminster. (List of Trades Council And Trade Unions). Building Trades Operatives. Secretary, Mr. A. McHugh, 20 Emwell Street.
Sale By Auction Of Machinery And Stock-In-Trade Of The Water Mineral Factory, Emwell Street, Warminster
Thursday 17th October 1940
The Lindens, Emwell Street, Warminster.
Messrs. Dart & Son have been favoured with instructions from the Exors. of the late F.J. Harris to sell by auction on the premises, the whole of the machinery and stock-in-trade of a mineral water factory including:
Quantity of stone jars, 1,000 doz; mineral water bottles (ordinary and quarts), 1,000 cases, 100 doz. syphons and necessary cases, large quantities of odd timber and quartering, revolving washing tank, electric dynamo, shafting and belting, overhead filler, “Meadowbrook” Crown cork machine, syphon filler, pair Barrett and Foster pumps, gasometer, circular saw and bench, flat lorry body, pair sack trucks, garden roller, various jacks, forge, anvils, bench and vice, grindstone, old iron and piping, “Sphere” gas producer, oil cabinet and pump, 22-rung ladder, new tarpaulin 18ft. x 24ft., etc., etc. Also a quantity of household furniture.
On Thursday, October 17th, 1940, at 1 p.m. sharp. No catalogues.
Many Quaint Bits At Emwell Street, Warminster
From The Warminster Official Guide And Souvenir 1928 (penned by Victor Strode Manley):
There are many quaint bits of old Warminster in Emwell Street.