The Tolsey House,at the corner of High Street and Market Street, with its well known Victoria Jubilee clock, is much older than it appears to be. The 18th century brick facade conceals a late 16th century house with projecting upper floors. It was given to the town by Anne, Countess of Warwick, in 1595, originally for the poor aged and impotent, but it soon served as the Court of Piepowder with a courtroom on the ground floor and a common prison or blind house in the cellar. It is now in private ownership although the clock belongs to the Town Council. (
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Archive Link ) Wotton-under-Edge Town Council)
See also
ST7593 : The Tolsey Clock
The Tolsey House is a Grade II listed building (
Link British listed buildings).