the vicar also held the benefice of Patney, which was added to the united benefice in 1963. The three benefices were separated in 1976. Today the church is served by the Cannings and Redhorn Team Ministry, which covers a group of eight churches in the Vale of Pewsey. Conock had a chapel in the 13th century, which fell into disuse after the land was seized by the king. Local government Chirton is a civil parish with an elected parish council, styled as Chirton & Conock Parish Council. It is in the area of Wiltshire Council, a unitary authority responsible for almost all local government functions, and is represented there by Paul Oatway, who succeeded Brigadier Robert Hall in 2013. Notable buildings The vicarage house mentioned at Chirton in 1609 is probably the present-day Yew Tree Cottage, which has 17th-century timber frames and 19th-century additions. It was replaced by a three-bay brick house close to the church, built c.1800 and extended at the rear to designs of J. P. Seddon in 1878. The former farmhouse to the east of the church began as a timber-framed house in the 15th or 16th century, and was refaced in brick in the 18th. The house known as Conock Old Manor was built in the late 17th century, then largely rebuilt in 1753 for Gifford Warriner (died 1787). In brick with stone quoins, the L-shaped two-storey house has seven bays on the west elevation and five on the north. The MP, journalist, author and broadcaster Woodrow Wyatt leased the house for a time and was living there in 1970. Conock Manor Pevsner describes Conock Manor as "a Georgian house of great charm". There was probably a house here in the 15th century but the present house dates in part from c.1700. It was altered in 1789 for Gifford Warriner (died 1820) and the architect Richard Ingleman carried out improvement and enlargement for his son Ernle in 1817 (Historic England) or soon after 1820 (Orbach); this work included encasing the house in limestone ashlar and adding two single-storey wings to the two-storey house. Interior alterations were made in 1934 by a later lessee, RFC officer Robert Smith-Barry. The west entrance front has five bays, the central one brought forward and pedimented, above a semicircular porch described as "elegant" by Orbach. The porch has fluted Ionic columns, and at each end of the facade are two-storey pilasters