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English Heritage now have their regional headquarters at number 29 and it is the best preserved of the original buildings in the square.

Various dates have been given for the Court from 1518 to 1550s or later.

The BISF house, designed by Frederich Gibberd and Donovan Lee following the Burt Committee report of autumn 1945 on experimental housing types, was

Having begun construction of the plant, Stewarts and Lloyds were faced with the problem of housing the new workforce, an expected 1650 people, a fi

On the 10th December 1947, the Corby UDC received approval from the Treasury to construct 218 Easiform houses and 250 Wates Houses to supplement th

Major events in the life of a country house often leave little trace upon the building.

The desire to introduce fashionable features, such as a top-floor long gallery, into country houses demanded new solutions to make them possible.

At Home Close on the High Street (once the Post Office and for a time Shirley House), a half storey and a south-west wing were added to the mid-17t

In 1944 plans were drawn up by Warminster and Westbury RDC to build on the site of the American military camp, formally the old cherry orchard betw

Wadham Locke, owner of Ashton Gifford House, built Ashton Gifford school at his own expense in 1844.

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