From The Warminster Herald, Saturday 13th December 1873:
FIRE – Between 6 and 7 o’clock last evening a fire broke out in two old cottages in Pound Street, belonging to Mr. Henry Trollope. The fire bell was rung, and in a very short time the fire engine, with plenty of assistants, was at the spot. The fire had taken too great a hold of the buildings to allow of their being saved, and efforts were accordingly directed to prevent the fire from spreading to other and adjoining property. The two cottages destroyed were, we understand, insured, though only for a small amount. It is said that the cottage in which the fire originated was unoccupied, but that some men had been working there during the day.