Wiltshire - Historic Buildings

One of the best surviving examples of a monastic tithe barns 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 6 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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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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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 Sir Edward Gorge 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 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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Westwood Manor is a lovely 15th-century manor built of golden stone. The house features medieval Gothic and later Jacobean windows and beautiful plasterwork decoration. Three of the rooms have decorated ceilings dating to 1490. The interiors boast wonderful period furniture, giving a real flavour of the medieval world.
Westwood, Wiltshire, England, BA15 2AF

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Heritage Highlight: Tudor panelling and Jacobean plasterwork ceilings
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