Landmarks
Most of the buildings and boundary walls are built from the local oolitic limestone.
The 19th-century brewery and attached cottages are now a private residence. The tall ashlar chimney has a tapered octagonal shaft with moulded cap and provides an obvious landmark around the village.
Freshford manor is an 18th-century manor house. It was built on the site of an earlier house known as Pittes Place which dated from before 1603.
The local pub is called The Inn, and sits beside the River Frome, a tributary of the River Avon. The Inn (which has never been an inn) is noted for its regular offering of music including jazz every Thursday night. Every third Monday musicians, professional and amateur alike, are welcome to come and play.
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