Wiltshire - Historic Buildings

One of the best surviving examples of a monastic tithe barn in England, located in a peaceful setting beside the River Avon on the outskirts of Bradford-on-Avon. A lovely walk leads along the river between the town and the barn.
Pound Lane, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England, BA15 1LF

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Heritage Highlight: 14th century cruck frame

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A set of late 17th-century almshouses, schoolroom, and Master's house built by Lady Margaret Hungerford of Corsham Court. The almshouses provided a residence for six poor residents, and 10 needy scholars were educated in the Schoolroom. The buildings are still used as a residence and have been remarkably unaltered over the centuries.
Pound Pill, B3353, Corsham, Wiltshire, England, SN13 9HT

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Heritage Highlight: 1688 Schoolroom, unaltered since it was built

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Great Chalfield Manor is an idyllic moated medieval manor house, built in the late 15th century and defended by a gatehouse, moat and wall. The house is built around a great hall with beautiful oriel windows, featuring a vaulted porch and an ornate fireplace. Look for the spy-holes high in the walls of the hall.
Great Chalfield, Melksham, Wiltshire, England, SN12 8NH

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Heritage Highlight: Late medieval great hall

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In the centre of Lacock village stands a 14th-century tithe barn built by the nuns of Lacock Abbey to store grain given as rents by their tenants. Built into the north end of the barn is an 18th-century cell used as the village lock-up.
East Street, Lacock, Wiltshire, England, SN15 2LQ

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Heritage Highlight: Well-preserved 14th-century cruck frame

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The Lansdowne Monument is a slender stone obelisk built in 1845 by the 3rd Marquis of Lansdowne in memory of his ancestor, Sir William Petty. The Monument stands atop Cherhill Down, within the earthworks of the Iron Age hillfort known as Oldbury Castle.
Cherhill Down, Cherhill, Wiltshire, England, SN11 8UY

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Little Clarendon is an attractive late 15th-century house with beautifully furnished rooms of oak. Within the grounds is a 20th-century chapel. The house has a two-storey porch, and features mullioned windows.
Dinton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, SP3 5DZ

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On the High Street in Ludgershall, a stone's throw from the ruins of Ludgershall Castle, stands the base of a 14th-century market cross. The cross is carved on all four sides with scenes from the Biblical resurrection of Christ including The Descent from the Cross.
High Street, Ludgershall, Wiltshire, England, SP11 9QR

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Heritage Highlight: Good (though worn) 14th-century carvings

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Netheravon Dovecote is a Grade-II listed brick 18th-century dovecote, beside the River Avon, in the grounds of Netheravon House. There are more than 700 original chalk nesting boxes in the dovecote. Unfortunately, the interior cannot normally be viewed.
Salisbury Road, Netheravon, Wiltshire, England, SP4 9RJ

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A Jacobean manor house on the border of Wiltshire and Hampshire, Newhouse was built in 1609 by William Stockman and sold to Sir Edward Gorge. The house was designed on a very unusual Y plan, meant to symbolize the Christian Trinity. It is thought to be one of only two such 'trinity houses' in the country. Newhouse was at first used as a hunting lodge but was later adapted as the Gorge family home.
Redlynch, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, SP5 2NX

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A beautifully restored brick and timber 17th-century silk merchant's house stands at the end of Marlborough's High Street. The house dates to 1653 and was the home of Thomas Bayly, a wealthy silk mercer. The interiors feature richly decorated painted walls, wooden panelling, and an impressive oak staircase.
132 High Street, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, SN8 1HN

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Heritage Highlight: 17th century Panelled Chamber

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