Keep Cottage, Castle Street, Ludgershall
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Keep Cottage, Castle Street, Ludgershall
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 6 Jun 2015
Near the corner - where the road turns westward and becomes Butt Street. In the Wiltshire volume of 'The Buildings of England', Pevsner suggests that this row of cottages may have been almshouses - and draws attention to the pilasters (columns in low-relief) which, he thinks, could indicate a late 17th-century origin. What is clear is that over the centuries the structure has been patched up many a time. Notice the blocked doorway on the left - which would suggest that two tiny dwellings (almshouses?) have been knocked into one.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.257737
Longitude
-1.623206