51°06′21″N 1°45′30″W / 51.1059°N 1.7584°W Hurdcott House is a 19th-century country house in Winterbourne Earls, Wiltshire, England, in the Bourne valley about 3 miles (5 km) north-east of Salisbury.[1] It became a Grade II listed building on 29 May 1987.[2]
The two-storey house with three bays dates to the early-mid 19th century, and features Flemish bond brickwork with a slate roof, and a Tuscan doorcase. At the base of the rear wings of the house are four-flue brick stacks.[2]
Hurdcott House, Barford St Martin
editThere is another Hurdcott House in the west of Barford St Martin parish,[3] on the banks of the River Nadder about 4 miles (6 km) west of Wilton (the house and the hamlet of Hurdcott were transferred to Barford from Baverstock parish in 1884).[4] This house, which is not a listed building, was rebuilt in the 1970s.[5]
The entomologist John Henry Leech had his home at Hurdcott House, and died there in 1900.[6] He is buried in St Editha's churchyard, Baverstock.
References
edit- ^ Britton, John (1825). The Beauties of Wiltshire. Printed by J.D. Dewick for Vernor and Hood. p. 337.
- ^ a b Historic England. "Hurdcott House (1300028)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ Historic England. "Bridge Carrying Drive from North Lodge to Hurdcott House (1318755)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ Crittall, Elizabeth, ed. (1959). "Table of population, 1801-1951". A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 4. Victoria County History. University of London. pp. 315–361. Retrieved 15 August 2021 – via British History Online.
- ^ Orbach, Julian; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (2021). Wiltshire. The Buildings Of England. New Haven, US and London: Yale University Press. p. 128. ISBN 978-0-300-25120-3. OCLC 1201298091.
- ^ South, Richard (1902). Catalogue of the Collection of Palaearctic Butterflies Formed by the Late John Henry Leech, and Presented to the Trustees of the British Museum by his Mother, Mrs. Eliza Leech. Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum. p. iii.