Reg Cundick and Danny Howell in the book The Inns And Taverns Of Warminster, published in November 1987, stated:
The Rose And Crown, High Street, Warminster
An inn with the same name (The Rose And Crown) but much older than the one at East Street, Warminster, was situated on the south side side of the High Street, Warminster, west of St. Laurence’s Chapel. The shop of Hodges, the gents’ outfitters, currently occupies this site today.
Daniell and Halliday recorded a King’s Head on this site in the 1700s but the Rose And Crown is mentioned in a Longleat Estate Survey of 1743. The present building was erected in 1730 and improved in 1841 (Victoria County History of Wiltshire, volume VII, page 95). Further alterations were made in 1856; this date appears below a shield-shaped stone above a door on the eastern wall of the building.