Flemish weavers cottage, Cotswolds stone architecture, Corsham Wiltshire, buff grey stonework, white door
Situated at the Northern end of Corsham High Street, this fine row of 17th Century houses are known as ‘Flemish Cottages.' They are Grade II listed. During the 17th Century Flemish weavers who were fleeing religious persecution in their homeland were attracted to the area where there was a settled group who had been in the country for several hundred years. The cottages were built by Paul Methuen (then Lord of the Manor) to house the weavers to encourage them to stay in the area. They are built of local rubble stone under stone tiled roofs. There are also some cottages used by the weavers around the corner in Church Street. You can see the doors on the second floor where the fleeces would have been taken in from the horse carts and then the finished products would have left from the ground floor. The wool trade in the area continued until the 19th Century.
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