Steeple Ashton houses [5]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 14 Feb 2023

Numbers 1 and 3 Church Street are a pair of early 17th century cottages. Timber framed, square panelled with brick nogging under a Bridgwater tile roof. The left return has a large external stone stack. The right return has been rebuilt in brick. There is a rear wing with lean-to addition and a weatherboarded extension. Some original internal features and fittings remain. There is another view of the cottages at Image Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1252393 The village of Steeple Ashton is a former market town, having been granted a weekly market in 1266. It lies some 3¼ miles east of Trowbridge and some 7 miles southwest of Devizes. The town became wealthy from its cloth industry, but there was a great fire in the early 16th century, and when it came to rebuilding the industry moved to the nearby town of Trowbridge, where the River Biss provided power for fulling mills. The first part of the village name comes from the former church spire, which collapsed in 1670.

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