Historic Highlights

The Bridge: Built in 1667 (contemporary to Bath's Pulteney Bridge), has the architectural rarity of buildings along its length.

The Blue House: Built in 1726 as an almshouse and boy's school now used as an old peoples' home. One of Frome's Grade I listed buildings.

Cheap Street: Part of the medieval street pattern (with Apple Alley & King Street), with a leet (spring) running down its centre.

St. John's Church: Includes an unusual Via Crucis on one approach. Although heavily restored, traces of the earliest buildings can be found.

Gentle Street: Cobbled, with houses from 16th-18th Centuries. Once one of the main routes into town.

Rook Lane Chapel, Bath Street: A grade 1 listed building built in 1707 and recently restored, the front is one of the most beautiful
facades in Somerset.

Sheppard's Barton: Superbly preserved street of 18th Century workers' cottages; & Valentine Lamp: A working gas lamp dedicated to the memory of St Valentine.

Trinity: An outstanding example of early industrial housing (late 17th Century). Probably the largest area in the country, now fully restored and renovated.