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Castle Street, SALISBURY, SP1 3UD

With the flowers continuing to brighten up the homes in this warm autumn.

Hussey's Almshouses were a generous gift to Salisbury in 1794, and rebuilt in 1875. The houses were officially Grade II listed in 1972.

Buildings in Castle Street. Nos. 136 - 140, the block on the left, dates from the early - mid 19th Century. Grade II listed - see https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1249137?section=official-list-entry. Black Horse House, on the right, is a residential conversion of a former pub, the Black Horse, dating from c.1850 but which closed in February 2009 (according to the planning application for conversion) - see Image for a photo when a pub.

The rear of Hussey's Almshouses. What used to be a lovely place for the residents to sit & watch the river run by, and once watch the row boats come & go... I remember sitting there with my Grandfather listening to the Old Guys chatting..... now nice flower beds, but the veranda is a bin store. Who's the idiot who thought of that?

Now run by a local charity the fourteen Grade II listed almshouses were originally founded by William Hussey, a local Member of Parliament in 1794. They were given a full rebuild in 1875.

This ancient stone plaque is located on the end wall off Image, it was placed here in 1908 to mark the location of the former Castle Street gate that was used for defence in the 18th century.

Buildings in Castle Street, with no 150 nearest.

Buildings in Castle Street. Nos 142 & 144, on the right, date from the 17th Century as a single house and were remodelled c.1850. Grade II listed - see https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1023569?section=official-list-entry.

Plaque on the wall of 152 - 156 Castle Street (see Image). It reads: "The Secret Spitfire Charity. This plaque permanently marks one of the sites where Spitfires were produced during the Second World War from 1940 to 1945. This was the entrance to the Wilts and Dorset Bus Depot where fuselage assembly and engine fitting happened and was requisitioned after the Supermarine factories producing Spitfires in Southampton were bombed during September 1940. The Secret Spitfire Charity was founded in June 2019 to Honour and Remember the Hidden Civilian Army including many local women recruited secretly to produce approximately 2,500 Spitfires in the Salisbury area alone."

Entrance to Salisbury Reds bus garage off Castle Street. For a close up of the plaque above the door on the right see Image