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Church Street, TROWBRIDGE, BA14 9RA

As part of the housing development on the old Mowlem engineering works site, a few extra ornamental details have been granted.

A part of Southwick has been rebuilt with modern housing, with a few artistic additions to further brighten the place. Near this spot was the large Mowlem engineering works before its closure.

Now a private residence, the chapel was founded in 1861. Southwick was a largely agricultural village for centuries with additional work in the form of hand weaving for a time. However, the area was not particularly rich and against this background the Baptist movement took hold from the 1770s onwards. It became a stronghold for the faith and there are a number of churches still evident. However, the movement also had disagreements and so a Calvinist breakaway group founded the society of strict Baptists; this was the church they worshipped in. Grade II listed.

The tower has clock faces to keep the school day running along. Despite the school closing in 1975, time is still kept. See Image] for a wider view of the old school.

Southwick National School was founded in 1867. It was enlarged in 1898 to hold some 200 pupils and was the only source of education for all the village's children until 1931, when only younger ones were admitted. It finally closed in 1975. See Image] for another detail.

Quite an unusual design, the school has a clock tower with a short octagonal spire. See Image] for another look.

A fine Gothic style building on the Frome Road was the school. It was a National School, built in 1867 on land donated by the Conservative M.P. Richard Penruddocke Long. It served until 1975, whereupon the pupils were sent to a new school. See Image] for a detail.

This one is partly protected by a low wall and is on an alleyway behind the houses.

The only public house remaining in Southwick (that I know of).