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Heytesbury, Wiltshire
The principle buildings in Heytesbury are the church, two pubs, and the Hospital of St John and St Katharine in Heytesbury. The hospital was founded in 1472 by Margaret, the widow of the 2nd Lord Hungerford, in accordance with the wishes of her father-in-law, Walter, Lord Hungerford, Initially for twelve poor men, and one woman, foremostly the poor men, servants or tenants of the Hungerford family. About 1769 the hospital and other buildings in Heytesbury were burnt down, and the present Grade II Listed main building, seen in the photo below, was then erected. There is a common or diningroom, kitchen, and chapel, and in the 1970s apartments and bungalows were built to the rear.
The church is the Church of St Peter and St Paul, a the Church of England parish church, it's Grade I Listed building and mainly dates back to the13th Century.
The two pubs are The Angel Inn, and Red Lion. The Angel was a 16th Century coaching inn, and at one time had as its executive chef the television personality Antony Worrall Thompson.
In 1933 the poet Siegfried Sassoon bought Grade II* Listed Heytesbury House, which was split from the village by the building of the busy A36 bypass through its land. During the Second World War Siegfried had more than twenty American soldiers billeted in the house and another thousand in the grounds. Heytesbury House has since been divided into apartments and a house.
The church is the Church of St Peter and St Paul, a the Church of England parish church, it's Grade I Listed building and mainly dates back to the13th Century.
The two pubs are The Angel Inn, and Red Lion. The Angel was a 16th Century coaching inn, and at one time had as its executive chef the television personality Antony Worrall Thompson.
In 1933 the poet Siegfried Sassoon bought Grade II* Listed Heytesbury House, which was split from the village by the building of the busy A36 bypass through its land. During the Second World War Siegfried had more than twenty American soldiers billeted in the house and another thousand in the grounds. Heytesbury House has since been divided into apartments and a house.