Melksham House

It is owned by Wiltshire Council and is the home of Melksham House School, for children and young people with complex needs.

During the 19th century the house had a succession of owners, including (from 1866)[2] Edward Barnwell, schoolmaster, archaeologist and antiquarian, who financed the building of St Andrew's church in the Forest area of the town.

[1] In 1997, Avon Rubber sold its tyre interest to Cooper Tire & Rubber Company of Findlay, Ohio, United States, and included in this sale was Avon's 35-acre (14 ha) manufacturing site in Melksham and the Melksham House sports and social club.

[6] In January 2017, to enable the building of the campus, both clubs moved to new facilities at Oakfields on the eastern edge of the town.

It is run by the Swindon-based Brunel Academies Trust[11] and provides specialist primary and secondary education for children and young people from the age of 4 to 16 with complex social, emotional and/or mental health or medical needs.

Façade of Melksham House, 2016; the two-storey porch is a 19th-century addition