The cobbled high street.

Stone, shopfronts and a street that climbs.

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THE INDEPENDENT HIGH STREET

Frome, in section

01

Street proportions

Street section lengthm

Street curve°

Width between façadesm

Pavement on each sidem

Rise along the streetm

Length follows the street centreline in plan. Negative curves bend left; positive curves bend right. Zero is straight. Rise applies across the whole section.

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The enclosing buildings

Typical shop frontagem

Left row storeys

Right row storeys

Floor-to-floor heightm

5 shops on each side, with 4.80 m frontages adjusted to fill the section. Sash windows, slate roofs and chimneys follow the curve.

03

Street life & detail

Painted shopfrontsTeal, blue, plum and oxblood timber

Hanging basketsGreenery on iron wall brackets

Shop awningsCanvas shelter over selected windows

Traditional lampsSlender posts beside the cobbles

People for scaleWalkers follow the slope

04

The Frome reference

Inspired by the steep cobbled shopping streets around Catherine Hill and St Catherine’s. Explore their proportions rather than a measured reconstruction.

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Pattern 13 · Frome high street

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