Great Wishford houses [15]
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Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 20 Apr 2022
Wishford House, South Street, is an 18th century detached house. The house was altered and refronted circa 1800 and a service wing was added in the mid 19th century. Constructed of red brick with stone quoins under a hipped tile roof. There is a wooden Tuscan porch. The rear service wing was built in banded flint and brick under a Welsh slate roof. The brick front walls and the cob garden wall Image are included in the listing. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1182762 Great Wishford is a village in the valley of the River Wylye in Wiltshire, some 6 miles northwest of Salisbury. The village was settled in the Saxon period and was known as Wicheford (meaning a ford where wych-elms grow). Great Wishford celebrates Oak Apple Day on the 29th of May each year, when villagers claim their ancient rights to collect wood from Grovely Wood. The tradition is said to date back to 1603.
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