Proud sisters you stand opposite the open fields

Once you were much in vogue

Concerts and outings were greatly arranged

But fickle fashions fancy

And now you stand neglected

Your chalybeate springs have been forgotten

And their cures consigned to dull history

Just to the south of Melksham in Wiltshire can be found three Regency style houses that were constructed to take advantage of the discovery of spa waters in the early nineteenth century