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Longbridge Deverill Parish, Wiltshire
including Crockerton, Crockerton Green, and Longbridge Deverill
The settlements of Hill Deverill, Crockerton, Crockerton Green, Foxholes, and Longbridge Deverill almost blend into one now, and as a parish they do. Using the old definition that a village must have a place of worship only Longbridge Deverill remains a village, the others are hamlets. Longbridge Deverillt has both an active church, St Peter and St Paul parish church, a parish hall, as well as a pub, The George Inn, and shops. The four former churches and chapels serving the hamlets are now private homes. The settlements, or at least a large part, used to be part of the Longleat Estate, and the Thynnes are often buried in the parish church at Longrbridge Deverill. In 1655 Sir James Thynne, Thynne being the Longleat family name to this day, built almshouses near to the parish church.
I'm combining the settlements here because they are immediately adjacent and as the village of Longbridge Deverill is spoilt by the fast A350 cutting straight through it its fine architecture is often overlooked in a rush to pass through. Though visitors may struggle to see where one settlement begins and another ends there is a 'developing' distinction that fits with the quietness and beauty of the countryside to the west of the A350. As soon as you take one of the two turnings towards 'Lake Shear Water', more commonly known as Shearwater Lake, that growing distinction is with the quality and price of homes being refurbished, or built to contemporary designs in between others, and the investment in refurbishing the rundown Bath Arms. Crockerton is becoming fashionable with relatively well-heeled commuters, retired, and second home owners.
Looking at just the historical properties tthey include the redundant Baptist Chapel, and Bill Mill Arts Centre, in the former hamlet of Crockerton Green, Crockerton House, alms houses and Church of St Peter and St Paul in Longbridge Deverill, former Holy Trinity chuch, chapel, and pub in Crockerton, the Church of the Assumption and St Mary and Manor House in the hamlet of Hill Deverill.
I'm combining the settlements here because they are immediately adjacent and as the village of Longbridge Deverill is spoilt by the fast A350 cutting straight through it its fine architecture is often overlooked in a rush to pass through. Though visitors may struggle to see where one settlement begins and another ends there is a 'developing' distinction that fits with the quietness and beauty of the countryside to the west of the A350. As soon as you take one of the two turnings towards 'Lake Shear Water', more commonly known as Shearwater Lake, that growing distinction is with the quality and price of homes being refurbished, or built to contemporary designs in between others, and the investment in refurbishing the rundown Bath Arms. Crockerton is becoming fashionable with relatively well-heeled commuters, retired, and second home owners.
Looking at just the historical properties tthey include the redundant Baptist Chapel, and Bill Mill Arts Centre, in the former hamlet of Crockerton Green, Crockerton House, alms houses and Church of St Peter and St Paul in Longbridge Deverill, former Holy Trinity chuch, chapel, and pub in Crockerton, the Church of the Assumption and St Mary and Manor House in the hamlet of Hill Deverill.
Crockerton
Shearwater Lake
Redundant Church of the Holy Trinity, Potters Hill, 1843, Grade II Listed. Now Wyle Hall artist studio and private home.
Redundant Congregational chapel, Crockerton.
Crockerton Primary School
Lake Shear Water Tea Rooms
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Green Farm, Crockerton. Late 16th Century, Grade II Listed.
Clay Street, Crockerton
Bath Arms, Crockerton. Grade II Listed, late 17th Century
The road out towards Maiden Bradley from Crockerton
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Crockerton Green
Timber Cottage, Crockerton Green, Longbridge Deverill. Grade II Listed, 17th Century.
Crockerton House, Crockerton Green, Longbridge Deverill. Mid 18th Century Grade II Listed.
The Laurels, Crockerton Green, Longbridge Deverill. Grade II Listed, 18th Century
Woodlands, Crockerton Green, Longbridge Deverill. Grade II Listed, 18th Century.
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Job's Mill Cottage and Job's Mill (Grade II Listed, 17th century), Five Ash Lane, Crockerton.
Bull Mill Arts, Crockerton, Longbridge Deverill. Mid 17th Century, Grade II Listed.
Redundant early 18th Century, Grade II Listed, ormer Particular Baptist Chapel and school room, in Crockerton Green, Longbridge Deverill.
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Longbridge Deverill
A350 through Longbridge Deverill
Sir James Thynne alms houses, Longbridge Deverill. 1655, Grade II Listed.
A350 through Longbridge Deverill and Old Church Farmhouse
George Inn, Longbridge Deverill
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St Peter and St Paul parish church, Longbridge Deverill. Listed Grade II*, from 12th Century.
Sir James Thynne alms houses, Longbridge Deverill. 1655, Grade II Listed.
Parish Hall, Longbridge Deverill
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Longbridge Deverill House