Steeple Ashton houses [10]
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Steeple Ashton houses [10]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 14 Feb 2023
Numbers 2 and 4 The Strand are two semi-detached cottages, built in the late 16th century. Timber framed with square panels and brick nogging under a pantile roof. A bay has been added to the right in brick. Some original internal features and fittings remain. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1252690 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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