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The Strand, TROWBRIDGE, BA14 6EP

Number 18 The Strand is a detached cottage built, gable end to the street, in the early 17th century. Timber framed with square panels and brick nogging under a Welsh slate roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1262093 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.

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.

The village hall in Church Street is far from being the most attractive building in the village. 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.

Manor Cottage, Church Street, is a semi-detached cottage built in the late 18th century. Constructed of brick with freestone dressings under a 19th century Bridgwater tile roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1252400 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.

These attractive dwellings are just opposite the splendid wool church of St Mary the Virgin. They are a pair of semi-detached properties. Unusually in my experience one is built of brick and the other of stone.

At Manor Farm, The Strand, is this dovecote and stable, now stables, with an attached shelter shed. The stables were built in the late 17th century, of rubble stone under a stone slate roof. The south stable, formerly a dovecote, has a cupola and the interior is lined with stone pigeon boxes. The 7 bay shelter shed was built in the mid 19th century of brick under a Bridgwater tile roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1252789 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.

Church Street House, number 13 Church Street, was probably originally a 17th century timber framed house, which was refronted in 1815. The front is stuccoed brick, the rear is rendered timber framed, all under a Welsh slate roof. There is an 18th century rear wing and a 20th century lean-to extension. Some original internal features remain. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1262298 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.

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.

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.

At Manor Farm, The Strand, is this barn with a horse engine shed for a threshing machine. Constructed in the early 19th century of seven bays of coursed rubble stone under a Welsh slate roof. There is a polygonal, weatherboarded horse engine shed. The attached red brick chimney stack was added, probably in the late 19th century, when steam power replaced horsepower. The barn has a queen-strut truss roof. One of a pair of matching barns at Manor Farm, see Image for the other barn. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1252694 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.