Heritage and History

Barn

at Manor Farm

Barn, late C17 or C18, timber-frame clad in weatherboard with corrugated iron roof and east side lean-to. Brick plinth. Said to have inscribed date of 1680.

Pinchloaffe Cottage

Pinchloafe Cottage is a grade II listed semi-detached cottage dating from the eighteenth century. Like its neighbour, Home Farm, it is built in typical Cotswold-edge fashion of rubble stone.

Langley Cottage

Langley Cottage was built in the eighteenth century and altered during the early nineteenth century. During the early 1870s, the Warrilow family lived at the house.

Barrow Farmhouse

The farmstead or small settlement of Barwe lay immediately east of Birds Marsh.

Jacksom's Farmhouse

Grade II listed Jacksom's Farmhouse was originally built in the seventeenth century. It was altered in the eighteenth century when the barn was also added.

Barn

at Jacksom's Farm

Grade II listed Jacksom's Farmhouse was originally built in the seventeenth century. It was altered in the eighteenth century when the barn was also added.

Church of St Giles

The original chapel of St Giles, Kellaways, was constructed by the Keylways family and built by 1304. Later it became the parish church of Tytherton Kellaways.

Churchyard Wall

Church of St Giles

The low ashlar and rubble stone wall around the churchyard of St Giles is grade II listed. It was built at the same time as the church during the early 1800s and was ordered to be constructed using materials from the original chantry chapel of St Giles.

Kellaways Mill

In 1654, George Knight brought Kellaways 'Mills'. There were three separate water mills on the site, one of which was grinding grain, two were fulling mills involved in the manufacture of woollen cloth.

Lower Peckingell Farm

In the early 1870s, Lower Peckingell Farm (or Peckingell as it was then known) was a dairy farm of about 70 acres occupied by the Austin family.

Kilvert's Parsonage

Kilverts's Parsonage was used as the residence for the rector of Langley Burrell for over a hundred years however, the building significantly predates the tenure of the Kilverts.

Manor Farmhouse

The manor farmhouse dates from the seventeenth century, possibly built by the Ashe family after they brought the manor of Langley Burrell in 1657.

Common Farmhouse

The grade II listed stone farmhouse with stone slate roof has a plaque that reads 'CAL WH 1636'. Although dating from the seventeenth century, the house was altered during the eighteenth century.

The Old Brewery

Langley Brewery at Langley Burrell was established by 1822, when it was run by a John Sheppard, although the Brewery’s origins lie further back in the eighteenth century.

Kellaways Farm

Kellaways farmhouse is believed to be the manorial residence within the hamlet. Much of the now grade II* listed house dates from the seventeenth century.

Langley House

An examination of estate accounts suggests that the present house was built by Rev Robert Ashe who inherited the estate and the mansion in 1758. The date for the construction was 1766-9

Church of St Peter's

The impressive church of St Peter's, Langley Burrell, incorporates elements from before 1200.

Pound Cottage

Pound cottage was formerly a row of three cottages with an interesting history. These buildings dated from the C18 and were likely built as labourers' dwellings.

Grove Farmhouse

Grove farm was also formerly known by the name of Langley Grove. When Francis Kilvert wrote his diary in the 1870s, the Lessiter family occupied the farm.

Upper Peckingell Farmhouse

In 1223 the Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey, evidently dissatisfied with the shortage of meadow land on his estate of Langley Fitzurse (Kington Langley), purchased 115 acres of rich pasture known as Penicroft (Peckingell)

Manor Farmhouse

Avon

Manor Farm on Avon Lane was formerly called Avon farm. It was occupied by Hugh Beames, a progressive 'gentleman' farmer during the late eighteenth century.

32-35 The Common

32-35 The Common was originally a group of five (later four) cottages. In 1842, four were estate cottages occupied by agricultural labourers.

Langley Green House

From its formal three-storey, three-bayed front, Langley Green House looks like an elegant Georgian house. Its origins, however, date from the fifteenth century when it was built as a single-storey timber-framed cruck house.

Barrow Cottage

Barrow cottage was once two cottages. It dates from the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Kellaways Mill House

In 1803, a simple floor plan was made of the dwelling house attached to Kellaways mill. The home was formed of a large living area downstairs with two hearths and a door and windows to the front and rear.

The Steamer

Although the Steamer Inn was never listed in trade directories for Langley Burrell, in 1871, the census taker noted a building in the village had formerly housed the Steamer Inn.

Stable Block

at Langley House

The present Langley House was built in the 1760s to replace an earlier structure. The original stable block to the north of the house, dating from the seventeenth century, was retained.

The Old School

The school was built in 1844 for the lord of the manor of Langley Burrell, Rev Robert Ashe. Substantially built, the single-story T-plan building that included a teacher's house proudly bore the Ashe arms.

Green Bridge

A triple-span accommodation bridge with semi-elliptical arches, erected over a cutting c. 1839-41. Elegant triple-arched form, constructed in Bath stone, probably intended to create a dignified entrance to Chippenham.

Kellaways Bridge

For centuries inhabitants from the area surrounding Langley Burrell trudged through the village on their way to the weekly market in Chippenham. In 1474 a gift was made by a wealthy widow, Maud Heath, for land and the construction of a raised path so that those going to market could remain dry-shod.

Marsh Farm

Although not a building listed by Historic England, this house is nonetheless a fascinating historic structure. It was originally a two-roomed farmhouse, likely dating between 1590 and 1620.

Home Farm

Home Farm was a dairy farm run by the Bryant family for much of the nineteenth century. (Mary) Catherine Bryant took over the 100 acre plus concern independently when her husband died in 1863, leaving her with a young family.