Highworth

This is a typical lodge house of the Ailesbury Estate variety; it bears Gothic features such as the ornate barge-boards and detailing to the eaves. This lodge has fish-scale tiles that were popular in the later 19th century. Labourers work- ing nearby have obviously been drafted in to add a rustic charm to the picture.
An extract from from"Marlborough Photographic Memories".

This fine old 17th- century farmhouse, built in a mixture of materials, stone, brick, tile-hanging and long straw thatch, is typical of the area around Marlborough. It was known as Brown’s by 1718. By the middle of the 20th century it was being used as an outhouse, and it was demolished in 1961–2 to make way for more modern farm buildings.
An extract from from"Marlborough Photographic Memories".

We are looking towards Back Lane. This is a street mainly of 16th- or 17th- century timber-framed cottages. In the garden of No 2, on the bottom left of the picture, a plague pit was found with the remains of five skeletons, a legacy of the Black Death in 1348- 9. The lady wearing a flat cap looks like she means business!
An extract from from"Marlborough Photographic Memories".

Thought to have been built in the late 17th century, this fine old mill house, once one of ten in the Ramsbury area, was turned into a dwelling as late as the 1960s. Now called Moon’s Mill, it was previously known as Upper Mill in the 18th century, Gibbs’ Mill, and Edwards Mill in the mid 19th century.
An extract from from"Marlborough Photographic Memories".

This view looks east. The chapel was not considered an architec- tural success, and its interior has been described as ‘barn-like’. The lack of a screen between the main body of the church and the altar probably adds to the effect.
An extract from from"Marlborough Photographic Memories".