The House Behind the Shopfront

High Street · Marlborough

The House Behind the Shopfront

Find the 17th-century townhouse hiding in plain sight on the High Street.

  • ⏱ 25 min
  • 💷 £
  • 🥾 Easy

Behind an ordinary High Street frontage is one of the best-preserved 17th-century interiors in England — hand-painted walls, a spiral staircase, and a walled garden most passers-by never know is there. Go find the door.

What you’ll do

  1. 1Head to 132 High Street
  2. 2Step inside
  3. 3Prove it

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Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0