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Potterne houses [23]
Box Cottage, number 34 Whistley Road, is 18th century in chequer brick with a thatched roof. The extension to the left is later. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1243107
The village of Potterne is 2 miles south of Devizes. It lies astride the A360 road which is the main road to Salisbury and one of the few roads across Salisbury Plain. The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded three landholdings at Potterne, with six mills and a large population of 107 households. Until 2016, Potterne was the headquarters of the Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Image: © Michael Dibb
Taken: 16 Mar 2020
0.01 miles
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Potterne houses [20]
This building comprises of The Gables, number 24 Whistley Road, and Gables Cottage, number 22 Whistley Road. The main part, The Gables, is late 17th century. The section nearest the camera, Gables Cottage, which showed timber framing during renovations may be earlier. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1273049
The village of Potterne is 2 miles south of Devizes. It lies astride the A360 road which is the main road to Salisbury and one of the few roads across Salisbury Plain. The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded three landholdings at Potterne, with six mills and a large population of 107 households. Until 2016, Potterne was the headquarters of the Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Image: © Michael Dibb
Taken: 16 Mar 2020
0.03 miles
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Potterne houses [21]
The Crofts, number 35 Whistley Road, is 17th century, timber framed and thatched. The extension to the left is late 18th or early 19th century in brick. Some original internal features remain. Listed, grade II, details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1273050
The village of Potterne is 2 miles south of Devizes. It lies astride the A360 road which is the main road to Salisbury and one of the few roads across Salisbury Plain. The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded three landholdings at Potterne, with six mills and a large population of 107 households. Until 2016, Potterne was the headquarters of the Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Image: © Michael Dibb
Taken: 16 Mar 2020
0.04 miles
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Potterne houses [22]
Another view of The Crofts, number 35 Whistley Road, see
Image At the rear of the house and glimpsed here is a stable which is listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1243108
The village of Potterne is 2 miles south of Devizes. It lies astride the A360 road which is the main road to Salisbury and one of the few roads across Salisbury Plain. The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded three landholdings at Potterne, with six mills and a large population of 107 households. Until 2016, Potterne was the headquarters of the Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Image: © Michael Dibb
Taken: 16 Mar 2020
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Potterne features [4]
This pump stands besides the road at the point where Whistley Road makes a sharp turn. Erected in the 1890s and fed by one of the many springs around the village the flow of water is continuous and there is no handle or tap on the pump. The pump, along with the small 17th century bridge which provides access to Parsonage farm
Image, is listed, grade II, with details and history at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1396463
The village of Potterne is 2 miles south of Devizes. It lies astride the A360 road which is the main road to Salisbury and one of the few roads across Salisbury Plain. The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded three landholdings at Potterne, with six mills and a large population of 107 households. Until 2016, Potterne was the headquarters of the Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Image: © Michael Dibb
Taken: 16 Mar 2020
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Potterne features [5]
This small single span bridge provides access to Parsonage farm from Whistley Road. The bridge is dated 1652 and is listed along with the adjacent water pump which can be glimpsed behind the pole
Image, grade II, with details and history at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1396463
The village of Potterne is 2 miles south of Devizes. It lies astride the A360 road which is the main road to Salisbury and one of the few roads across Salisbury Plain. The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded three landholdings at Potterne, with six mills and a large population of 107 households. Until 2016, Potterne was the headquarters of the Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Image: © Michael Dibb
Taken: 16 Mar 2020
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Potterne ways [7]
This fenced path runs from Whistley Road to Mill Road and 'cuts the corner' of the long bend in Whistley Road.
The village of Potterne is 2 miles south of Devizes. It lies astride the A360 road which is the main road to Salisbury and one of the few roads across Salisbury Plain. The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded three landholdings at Potterne, with six mills and a large population of 107 households. Until 2016, Potterne was the headquarters of the Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Image: © Michael Dibb
Taken: 16 Mar 2020
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Potterne: village hall
A former chapel, still fulfilling a community function.
Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: 4 Apr 2009
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Potterne ways [6]
From the corner of Whistley Road this public footpath runs into a complex of paths and bridleways which can lead to Furze Hill and Devizes.
The village of Potterne is 2 miles south of Devizes. It lies astride the A360 road which is the main road to Salisbury and one of the few roads across Salisbury Plain. The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded three landholdings at Potterne, with six mills and a large population of 107 households. Until 2016, Potterne was the headquarters of the Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Image: © Michael Dibb
Taken: 16 Mar 2020
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Potterne buildings [7]
Now a private house, The Old Chapel, is in Mill Road. Built in 1859 as a Wesleyan Methodist Reform Chapel.
The village of Potterne is 2 miles south of Devizes. It lies astride the A360 road which is the main road to Salisbury and one of the few roads across Salisbury Plain. The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded three landholdings at Potterne, with six mills and a large population of 107 households. Until 2016, Potterne was the headquarters of the Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Image: © Michael Dibb
Taken: 16 Mar 2020
0.11 miles