Tudor House

3D recreation of life in the 1580s in what was then the home of Nicholas Wright who had converted the previous Hall House (tree-ring dated to 1333).

Julian Baker

Recreation bu Julian Baler of the family of Nicholas Wright (seated) L tp R. His eldest son, Nicholas, who was sickly and did not survive his father by long, the youngest son Robert, John, who inherited most of his father's estate, Nicholas senior, seated, and daughter Elizabeth.

Edward Roberts sketches of The Tudor House, 1330 - 1600 and 1600

Edward Roberts' elevation from south with notes

Edward Robert's Ssouth elevation

Edward Roberts notes on Tudorr House including list of owners.

Edward Roberts notes 1992, on construction of The Tudor House

Arthur Warren ran a haberdashery shep and general store from the Tudor House between the World Wars.

The Square with Warrens shop

Engraving by Robert Bryden, 1905

Tudor House engraving by Tricia Blakstad, 1994

Tudor House from north with back of shop.

Tudor House north gable

The 'north wing' of The Tudor House, with the small window of what was then an ice room on the right.

South east corner of Tudor House

The Tudor House, with its lawn.

The Woodfields with daughter-in-law when they visited The Tudor House in 1981.

Olivia Woodfield on wall with church behind, WWII

Ralph and Ruth Woodfield with daughter Olivia.

Woodfield family in garden

Olivia with chickens – the pig was kept nearby

Olivia Woodfield on the lawn at The Tudor House, with a clear view of All Saints' spire behind.

Ralph and Ruth Woodfield at Tudor House

(R to L)Christopher and Jane Cobley, owners 2011 - 2019 with Tricia Blakstad (1981 - 2011) and Olivia Tottle

Back row, Owen, Peter and Gilbert. Seated, Olivia, Ralph, Margaret and Ruth

Olivia Tottle, nee Woodfield

Instaalling extra floor`from the north of The Tudor House, the steel frame being lowered.

Scaffolding on the street side, and Heycroft House opposite.

The Tudor House from the garden, 2007.

The Tudor House from Workhouse Lane, showing the Tudor structure created in the 1580s

Also from Workhouse Lane, this view shows the line of the original Hall House. The truss beam is at the junction of the main roof with the gable.

Drawing by Tricia Blakstad

The ‘Tudor’ House was first built as a medieval Hall House in 1333, and then converted into a large farmhouse in the 1580s by. Nicholas Wright, possibly the richest tenant farmer in East Meon. In the late 19th century a shopfront was added by Arthur Warren who ran a haberdasher’s and general store. During World War II the Woodfields evacuated from London to live there and their daughter Olivia Tottle has recorded an oral history interview describing  the house as it was then.  In the 1990s Tricia and Michael Blakstad raised part of the Victorian roof at the western end and added an artist’s studio. For more information click here.