Reg Cundick and Danny Howell in the book The Inns And Taverns Of Warminster, published in November 1987, stated:
The Church House Ales
During the 15th century it was customary for people of the outlying parishes to attend the mother church for festivals of Christmas, Easter and Whitsuntide (particularly the latter). Ales were brewed at the Church House to provide refreshment for the large congregations attending the festivals. The profits from the sale of the ales went to the Church; and in Warminster some of the revenue (until about 1600) was made available to the Chapel of St. Laurence. Church Ales were abolished after the Reformation but the practice continued in Warminster until the 1800s.
Both the Inclosure Award and the 1801 Survey Of Warminster list the Church House. It was situated in front of the Parish Church of St. Denys’, between the great yew and the road to Bath. It was demolished in 1813 and had been used for some years previously as a house for the sexton. The land the Church House occupied is now part of the churchyard.
A cottage in Ash Walk, opposite the main gateway to the churchyard, was then purchased and demolished, making way for the building of a new house for the sexton. The brewing of ales was transferred to here. A notice in 1814 advertised: “A Church Ale at the Sexton’s House”. The practice terminated in 1826.