Corsham Area Heritage and Information Centre, Corsham, Wiltshire SN13 0EZ

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Brief description

"With Royal Saxon origins, Corsham features the unique 1668 schoolroom and Almshouses, Corsham Court (based on a 1582 Elizabethan manor house), and the High Street consisting mostly of properties from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries where peacocks wander freely.

The town owes its prosperity to the wool trade and quarrying of golden Bath stone, brought to life in the town's heritage centre.

The future of the CADT’s combined Area Heritage & Information Centre remains uncertain. In the past it has been maintained by the funding it has received from our local councils, where the prime interest has been in supporting tourism. In this respect, it has been the traditional TIC function that has taken centre stage.  

Things have changed. Council support for tourism has been dramatically reduced. That ‘side’ of the business is now under threat – and the Corsham Area Heritage Centre must be developed into a visitor attraction in its own right if it is going to stand alone and secure the level of grant-support needed to keep it alive."

Address

Corsham Area Heritage & Information Centre

Arnold House

31 High Street

Corsham

Wiltshire SN13 0EZ

Email

enquiries@corshamheritage.org.uk

Phone

01249 714660

Website

http://www.corshamheritage.org.uk/contact-us.html

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