Bradford on Avon Preservation Trust

11 out of 16 (68%) plaques have been curated

31 subjects all or unphotographed

Gender Diversity

Barton Farm Barton Grange Farm, six buildings grouped around a courtyard, is considered to be one of the best surviving examples of a medieval farm in existence in the country. English Heritage owns the Tithe Barn, but the Bradford on Avon Preservation Trust bought the rest of the site (excluding the privately-owned farmhouse) in 2000. The Trust won a double silver Green Apple award in 2005 for its renovation of Barton Grange Farm.

Barton Farm, Bradford on Avon, United Kingdom

Orpins House 17th c., formerly a glebe cottage. Home of Edward Orpin, clerk of the market. A portrait of him as the Parish Clerk is in the Tate Gallery. Buried opposite in 1781.

Church Street, Bradford on Avon, United Kingdom

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Priory Barn Priory Barn was built at the end of the 15th century as an outbuilding of Rogers Manor (subsequently renamed The Priory and largely demolished in the 1930s). The Barn was acquired as a wreck by Elizabeth Stephenson, a founder member, and given to the Trust for its first restoration project.

Newtown, Bradford on Avon, United Kingdom

The Chantry Founded circa 1422 by Thomas Horton for the Chantry priest. In the 17th and 18th centuries it was a clothiers house for the Horton, Cam, Thresher and Hobhouse families.

Barton Orchard, Bradford on Avon, United Kingdom

Barton Grange Farm A grange of the Abbess of Shaftesbury who was given the land in 1001 by King Ethelred. Since the 1530's it has been in private ownership and was a working farm until 1971. In 2000 the Preservation Trust bought and then restored the yard and the four smaller buildings.

Barton Farm Country Park, Pound Lane, Bradford on Avon, United Kingdom

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The Shambles Part of the medieval meat market. Later the site of the Scribbling Horse Inn. The Post Office has the rare monogram of Edward VIII, 1936.

The Shambles, Bradford on Avon, United Kingdom

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Town Bridge dates from 13th century and was doubled in width in 1769. The 17th century Lock-up may have replaced a medieval chapel. The weather vane is known as the Bradford Gudgeon. The bridge is in the care of Wiltshire County Council

Town Bridge, Bradford on Avon, United Kingdom

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The old Town Hall where the Court Leet was held, adjoined this site. At ground level there were open colonnades for the market; here also stood stocks, pillory and whipping post. The building collapsed in 1826.

Old Town Hall, Church Street, Bradford on Avon, United Kingdom

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Old Town Hall The site of The Market Tavern, circa: 1636. Town Hall erected 1855, architect Thomas Fuller of Bath who later designed the parliament building in Ottowa.

Church Street, Bradford on Avon, United Kingdom

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Old Bank House Dating back to the 15th c., by the 18th c. known as the Red Lion Inn with adjoining bull pit. In 1820 home of Joseph Rawling preacher and printer. Later a branch of the Wilts. & Dorset Bank.

2 Church Street, Bradford on Avon, United Kingdom

Church House Restored circa 1730 for Attorney at Law, Christopher Brewer on land leased from the Methuen family. Later occupied by lawyer Daniel Clutterbuck (d.1769); from 1820 the Hobhouse, Philpott and Lowder Bank, which failed in 1842, bought by Thomas Wheeler and leased to the North Wilts Bank until 1861.

Church House, Church Street, Bradford on Avon, United Kingdom

Abbey Mill Bradford's last new cloth mill, built by Richard Gane of Trowbridge in 1875 on an earlier mill site. Closed 1902, occupied in 1914-18 by the Royal Cycling Corps and Australian Forces. Acquired by Spencer Moulton, then Avon Rubber in 1956 producing springs for road and rail vehicles, later offices until 1995. Developed as retirement apartments in 1997

Abbey Mill, Church Street, Bradford on Avon, United Kingdom

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Old Church House Built by clothier, Thomas Horton c1500 With a chantry school in crosswing and to hold 'ales' in aid of the church and poor. 1668 converted by clothier, John Curll to tenements and hall for clothiers and Vestry. 1854-1873 British School for Girls, then Boys' Grammar School till 1903. 1918 restored and given to Freemasons and Church by Albert Wallington. Masonic Hall in crosswing since 1913.

Wallington Hall, Church Street, Bradford on Avon, United Kingdom

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Dutch Barton Flemish weavers of fine cloth from Spanish soft wool were brought to this area by clothiers Paul Methuen in 1559; and by Wm. Brewer to this site in 1674. Improved techniques re-established the wool trade.

16 Church Street, Bradford on Avon, United Kingdom

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Railway Station Built in 1848, a rare complete example of the small Gothic station style designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Opened in 1857 in broad gauge. Converted to standard gauge 1874. Goods Yard and Signal Box demolished 1966 to form a car park.

Bradford on Avon Railway Station, Station Approach, Bradford on Avon, United Kingdom

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Westbury House Built by 1720 for Matthew Smith, clothier. Leased 1788 to Joseph Phelps, clothier. Site in 1791 of riot by workers against scribbling machines. Leased by Dr. Richard Bethell by 1800. His son, Richard, Lord Chancellor 1861 and created Lord Westbury. Owner Charles Timbrell, dyer, mid-late C19 Bradford UDC offices from 1911. Apartments since 1979.

50 St Margaret's Street, Bradford on Avon, United Kingdom

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