| Travelling south
on the Calne Road from the north of the village approximately
200 metres from the White Hart Inn, on the western side, is
a small junction leading to Hocketts Close. In this very small
cul-de-sac or driveway are three large properties and within
a stones throw again on the same side of the road, is a grandeur
Grade II listed house .
The first property to be built is No1 Hockett's Close located
on the left hand side, which is No 52 Grade II Listed house,
built in 1723 indicated by the date stone to Tho. Burchall.
(Building 206 on the map to the left)
Built by coursed limestone, with a 20th Century tiled roof
and gable stacks. The two-storey property has 2 bays end on
to road and 2-bay higher rear wing with stack and quarter
hipped roof.
There is a brick gable to wing with entrance under a pitched
stone slated porch with turned balusters seen on the left
hand side of the image. The majority of the windows are 2-light
timber casement windows with leaded lights, also there are
some 3-light windows to the front facing aspect.
The windows have been altered to 20th Century replacement
style to ground floor of wing with stone voussoirs ( pronounced
'voo SWAR' - one of the wedge-shaped blocks forming the curved
parts of an arch) to the openings.
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