Frome · BA11heritage project
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Frome
Period property renovations, terraced hillside extensions and heritage building conversions for one of Somerset's most distinctive market towns.
- Free site visit
- Fixed written quote
- Written workmanship guarantee
Bath's listed stock deserves more than cement repointing and wrong-slime renders. We restore Georgian and Victorian properties with the materials the buildings were built from — Bath stone from traditional sources, NHL lime mortars, sympathetic sash repairs — and we handle the conservation officer, the listed-building consent and the heritage paperwork as part of the contract. Stone conservation in Bath is the heart of what we do.
Frome's reputation as one of the country's most creative small towns is matched by a genuinely distinctive building stock — steeply terraced streets like Trinity and Catherine Hill, Georgian townhouses around the centre, and a growing number of former industrial and commercial buildings being converted into homes and studios. The terrain alone demands experience: sloped-site excavation, retaining structures and party-wall assessments on tightly packed terraces are a regular part of our work here. We bring that same structural rigour to full home renovations and conversions for the town's steadily growing community of homeowner-investors.
When Frome homeowners call us about heritage project
If any of these sound like your property, this is the service you want.
Cement mortar on a listed wall — traps moisture and spalls the stone; lime only
Sandblasting Bath stone — destroys the weathered surface permanently
Wrong stone matched badly — we source matched Bath stone from traditional quarries
No listed-building consent — we prepare and manage the applications
Generic renders on Georgian façades — breathable lime renders and limewash
Conservation officers treated as enemies — we brief them early and properly
Frome properties we render
What heritage project typically involves on the housing stock here.
Steeply terraced period housing around Trinity and Catherine Hill
Georgian townhouses around the town centre
Former industrial and commercial buildings converted to homes and studios
Period cottages on the hillside streets
Modern estates on the town edges
Working in Frome
Access & parking
On the A361 and A362, with its own station on the line into Bath and Weymouth; Bath is a straightforward drive over the A36, and the town sits within easy reach of both Bath and the Somer Valley.
Who lives here
The town's well-documented community of independent makers, families and homeowner-investors — a market town with an unusually young, renovation-minded population.
Landmarks we work around
- Catherine Hill and the independent quarter
- Trinity Street and the steep terrace lanes
- The Frome Festival and market scene
- The historic Cheap Street with its water channel
- Frome railway station on the Bath line
- The wool and textile heritage in the town fabric
Pricing notes
Steep terraced-street access, retaining wall construction on sloped plots and former commercial or industrial building conversions are all managed within our standard project scope — the terrain is priced in from the first visit.
What Bath & BANES customers say
Verified reviews from recent work.
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