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Biddestone, CHIPPENHAM, SN14 7DE

Listed Grade II and erroneously described by English Heritage as being in Church Street, the building is described thus: 'Turnpike Cottage 20.12.60 GV II Pair of cottages, now one. Late C18 or early C19, rubble stone with stone tiled-roof and coped north end gable. North end wall stack and ridge stack on original party wall. 2 storey, one room plan to each cottage. Right side has door in flush stone surround with hood on brackets and damaged 2-light flush mullion window to right; jamb and mullion removed for c20 metal window. Left side has 3- light ground floor window, the end light with head and jamb in timber and 2-light first floor window. Blocked door and 2-light window above in south end wall. Prominent site at west end of The Green. Listed for group value.' From a fellow contributor: 'On the Melksham to Corsham Road turnpiked between 1756-1799. Hinge pins above door will have supported a board displaying tolls. It still has a money collecting recess in one front room.'

Originally a pair of cottages, now one, Turnpike Cottage is late 18th or early 19th century. Situated in a prominent position at the west end of the village green, the cottage is listed for group value, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1363597 For another view of the cottage see Image Biddestone, some three miles west of Chippenham, has Saxon origins and is a quintessential English village with a green, a pub and a duck pond. There were originally two manors which became one in the early 17th century. An agricultural village that is now mostly a home to workers who commute to Chippenham, most of the buildings date from the late 1700s.

Biddestone Toll House by the UC road, in parish of Biddestone (North Wiltshire District), Turnpike Cottage, Cuttle Lane at junction with The Green and Church Road, SN14 7DE. Grade II listed. List Entry Number: 1363597 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1363597 Surveyed Milestone Society National ID: WI.BID

Originally a pair of cottages, now one, Turnpike Cottage is late 18th or early 19th century. Situated in a prominent position at the west end of the village green, the cottage is listed for group value, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1363597 For another view of the cottage see Image Biddestone, some three miles west of Chippenham, has Saxon origins and is a quintessential English village with a green, a pub and a duck pond. There were originally two manors which became one in the early 17th century. An agricultural village that is now mostly a home to workers who commute to Chippenham, most of the buildings date from the late 1700s.

The Corner House in Cuttle Lane is early 18th century and contains a Tudor arched fireplace. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1198860 Biddestone, some three miles west of Chippenham, has Saxon origins and is a quintessential English village with a green, a pub and a duck pond. There were originally two manors which became one in the early 17th century. An agricultural village that is now mostly a home to workers who commute to Chippenham, most of the buildings date from the late 1700s.

Growing beside the former toll house are beautiful hollyhocks. The hollyhock is a much loved traditional cottage garden and mixed border plants, it’s one of those plants which just about every gardener warms to. Growing 4 to 8 feet high, hollyhocks are particularly useful for background screening or where vertical accent is desired. They grow best in full sun in deep, rich, well drained soils.

A K6 telephone box, designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1183836 Biddestone, some three miles west of Chippenham, has Saxon origins and is a quintessential English village with a green, a pub and a duck pond. There were originally two manors which became one in the early 17th century. An agricultural village that is now mostly a home to workers who commute to Chippenham, most of the buildings date from the late 1700s.

This circular wellhead is late 19th or early 20th century. Built as a shelter for the village pump, one of four similar in the area. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1022821 Biddestone, some three miles west of Chippenham, has Saxon origins and is a quintessential English village with a green, a pub and a duck pond. There were originally two manors which became one in the early 17th century. An agricultural village that is now mostly a home to workers who commute to Chippenham, most of the buildings date from the late 1700s.

This wellhead is one of four in the area of similar design. They were erected by William Henry Poynder who had inherited nearby Hartham Park from his father Thomas Henry Poynder after he had purchased the property from the Methuens in the 1850s. The wellhead is thought to be of the late 19th or early 20th century in date and is built on six stout oak posts with a conical roof and a wooden finial. It shelters the village pump and some beautiful red geraniums. A K6 type telephone box stands to the side. In 1935, the Post Office commissioned a new kiosk from Sir Giles Gilbert Scott to celebrate the Jubilee of King George V. The K6 Jubilee Kiosk, as it is known, was similar to the K2 box, being made of cast iron and painted red but was 25% lighter in weight. By the end of the 1930s there were 20,000 K6 telephone boxes in use all over the UK.