Steeple Ashton houses [24]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 14 Feb 2023

Formerly known as Ball's Farmhouse, The Old Farmhouse, number 16 High Street, is now a detached house. Originally built in the 17th century and rebuilt in the late 18th century. Constructed of rubble stone with an ashlar front under a stone slate roof and set gable end to the street. Attached to the right return is a single-storey former farm building, now a kitchen and garage. There are some 20th century rear extensions. Some early internal features remain. :Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1262243 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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