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Frog Lane, SALISBURY, SP3 5BB

The patch has been on the roof for some time as it is already growing moss.

This cottage is halfway along The Street, the main street of the village of Chilmark, see Image, and is substantial compared with village houses generally. The cottage is built of local limestone probably from Chilmark Quarries south of the village, it has mullioned windows, and may be early 18th-century. There is a nameplate 'Taylors Cottage' though whether this has any historical significance is not known. The cottage is a listed building, and in the entry is called Olivers Cottage, http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=320338&mode=quick,

The Street is the main street of the village of Chilmark off which lies the church, school, and innumerable stone-built and often thatched cottages. Here, halfway along the street and looking south-east, there is a small bridge over the currently dried up stream that runs through the village. The northern end of the street near the village church, and behind the camera, is in the next grid square. The Street is quiet because the main road, the B3089 from Salisbury to Hindon, runs east-west through the north side of the village. The name Chilmark comes from the Anglo-Saxon, 'cild' for child, or 'cigel', a pole or peg, and 'mearc' meaning boundary. For more information about the history of Chilmark, see http://www.nadderfocus.com/Villages/Chilmark/chil1.htm#history. Stone from the nearby Chilmark quarries was used in the building of both the cathedral at Old Sarum and the celebrated Gothic one in Salisbury, see http://www.wessexdlstone.com/history1.htm.

The Street is the main street of the village of Chilmark off which lies the church, school, and innumerable stone-built and often thatched cottages. This view looking north-west is of the tree-lined south end of The Street with houses set back from the road. On the right a dried up stream bed runs alongside the road. See also Image

The stream channel to the left of the road is currently dry.

The bench mark is to be found on the south east angle of the house. For a wider view of the house Image and for further information on the bench mark http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm36069

Weather vanes have always been more than just a wind direction device. Created by skilled craftsman, there is true artistic expression in the varied designs. Initially wood vanes were carved by carpenters or furniture makers, and iron, copper and tin ones were forged by the local blacksmith or tinsmith. In the 19th century weather vanes started to be mass-produced from moulds.

Pretty thatched cottages in a pretty village built, fittingly, of the local Chilmark stone. It's a creamy limestone which was used at Salisbury cathedral among other buildings.

These gates appear to have real wheels attached to them as decoration.