[3] Manor Farmhouse, south of the village green, is a 17th-century timber-framed house which was re-fronted in brick in the early 18th century.

[4] Church Farmhouse also began as a timber-framed house and was re-cased in roughcast in the early 19th century.

In the 17th century, John Aubrey wrote in his Natural History of Wiltshire:[6]At Poulshot, a village neer the Devises, in the spring time the inhabitants appeare of a primrose complexion; 'tis a wet, dirty place.The Anglican church of St Peter is 0.6 miles (1 km) southwest of the village green, at Townsend.

[7] Nikolaus Pevsner observed that the narrowness of the 14th-century aisles implies that they retain the layout of an earlier building.

The narrow west tower with pyramidal roof was erected in 1853 by the rector, William Fisher, in memory of his wife who had died the previous year.

[9] In 1916, the church was badly damaged in a fire which destroyed the nave roof and the furnishings; repairs were not complete until 1925.

[15] A half-timbered chapel of ease dedicated to St Paul was built in 1897, in a more accessible position in the centre of the village next to the rectory.

His son (also named Thomas), tried to run the mill but gave it up and became an infamous highwayman, committing many robberies in an area stretching from the south coast as far north as Cheshire and as far west as Bristol, before being hanged at Winchester on 19 August 1778.

The Kennet and Avon Canal passes through the northwest corner of the parish and the Caen Hill flight of locks is nearby.