West Lavington houses [15]
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Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 11 Sep 2019
The newer part of the Old Manor House in Church Lane is 18th century. The older part, under the thatched roof, is late 16th or early 17th century and probably incorporates part of an earlier building. The thatched roof continues over some outbuildings. See also Image Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1035894 West Lavington, along with Littleton Panell, form a nearly continuous line of ribbon development along the A360 Devizes to Salisbury road on the northern edge of Salisbury Plain. There is evidence of occupation in this area from late Neolithic or early Bronze Age times. The Dauntsey family owned land in the parish from at least 1474 and in 1542 William Dauntsey's bequest founded a school and almshouses.