Heritage Day at Parade House

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Step back in history to the Georgian period and visit the elegant rooms of beautiful Grade I listed Parade House, one of Wiltshire's finest buildings built in 1720, which Jane Austen is said to have visited on her way to Bath.

Built in around 1720 for the wealthy cloth merchant Robert Houlton, and recently saved from dereliction and restored to its former glory, Parade House is one of the finest and most elegant buildings in Trowbridge, the centrepiece of what Pevsner's Guide to Wiltshire described as a 'stretch of palaces' along Fore Street. This prestigious building features quintessential Georgian architecture, with beautifully proportioned and furnished reception rooms, a sweeping original 18th Century staircase leading to a grand first floor ballroom with seven full height sash windows spanning the width of the building.

Of particular note inside is the fully panelled Director's Room with ornate ceiling and marble fireplace, the delicate Bridgerton style Blue Drawing Room and the intricate plaster ceiling coving over the first floor landing featuring a garland of flowers and fruit. The original vaults have been converted into a stylish bar and small cinema.

Parade House has been voted "Best Event Venue in Wiltshire" for three consecutive years in 2024, 2025 and 2026.