Potterne houses [20]
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Potterne houses [20]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 16 Mar 2020
This building comprises of The Gables, number 24 Whistley Road, and Gables Cottage, number 22 Whistley Road. The main part, The Gables, is late 17th century. The section nearest the camera, Gables Cottage, which showed timber framing during renovations may be earlier. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1273049 The village of Potterne is 2 miles south of Devizes. It lies astride the A360 road which is the main road to Salisbury and one of the few roads across Salisbury Plain. The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded three landholdings at Potterne, with six mills and a large population of 107 households. Until 2016, Potterne was the headquarters of the Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.327039
Longitude
-2.010858