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Brownston House Built for Francis Merewether Grade 1 Listed c.1700
New Park Street, Devizes, United Kingdom
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Bear Hotel 1559. Sir Thomas Lawrence lived here 1773-1781
2-3 The Market Place, Devizes, United Kingdom
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Sandcliff. Early 18th century. George Eliot stayed here 1843
Northgate Street, Devizes, United Kingdom
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The site of the earliest commercial telephone in Britain, assembled by Alfred Cunnington in 1878 to connect his wine merchant's business with his home at Southgate House, Devizes. The original apparatus can be seen in the Local History Gallery at Wiltshire Heritage Museum, Devizes.
St John's Street, Devizes, United Kingdom
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Lansdowne House. Frontage rebuilt by the Rev. H. Bayntun 1809
11 Long Street, Devizes, United Kingdom
This building was erected in 1785 by John Anstie for the manufacture of woollen cloth. It was one of the first cloth factories in the West of England. The tympanum sculpture above commemorated this and illustrates some of the processes, machines and materials involved. These are described below. 1. A shepherd 2. Sheep 3. Shears 4. Anstie's coat of arms 5. Wiltshire's horned sheep skull 6. Anstie's house portico 7. Sheep dog 8. 18th century gentleman 9. Carding engine 10. Fulling stocks 11. 18th century lady 12. Spinning jenny 13. Conjectural portrait of John Anstie 14. Weaving loom 15. Wool fleece 16. Comb 17. Woad plant 18. Dyeing 19. Cloth on tenterhooks 20. Teasels 21. Burling irons 22. Cloth shears 23. Woven cloth. The sculpture was presented to the town by the Trust for Devizes through a bequest from the late Neil Williams, a member of the Trust for many years, who loved the town. The plaque was unveiled on October 1985 by Denis Anstie, a member of the Anstie family.
New Park Street, Devizes, United Kingdom
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W. L. A. 1939-50 This plaque records the farmers' appreciation of the work of The Land Girls in Wiltshire during war and peace
Market Place, Devizes, United Kingdom
This market cross was erected by Henry Viscount Sidmouth as a memorial of his grateful attachment to the borough of Devizes of which he has been Recorder thirty years and of which he was six times unanimously chosen as representative in Parliament. Anno Domini 1814
, Devizes, United Kingdom
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Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #33
Caen Hill Lock Flight A spectacular set of 16 locks and side-ponds, designed by John Rennie and opened in 1810 as the final link in the 87-mile Kennet & Avon Canal
The Locks, Devizes, United Kingdom