Bruce Watkin, in his Bishopstrow Village Trail leaflet, produced in 1984, later incorporated into the book Trails In And Around Warminster published in 1985, noted:
Barrow House (formerly The Bury, Buries and Draytons School) is a large 3-storey red brick institutional-looking building, mostly mid-19th century, now used as offices. At the rear is The Bury, a shallow earthwork where Colt Hoare found Roman remains.