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English: Urchfont Manor (1). The building was originally constructed as Urchfont House in 1678 for William Pynsent, a wealthy London barrister who had purchased an estate of 1600 acres in Urchfont. Some nine years later, after Pynsent had gained further political and social status, a large extension was erected on the east side. Please see 1403245. This is the west façade of the original square structure and incorporates parts of an earlier building, most notably a large Tudor fireplace, and its associated chimney stack, which lie in what is now the entrance hall but must originally have been the kitchen. After Pynsent's death the house passed to his son, also a William Pynsent, who in 1765 willed the property to William Pitt The Elder, who was shortly to become the Prime Minister. Pitt owned the property only briefly before selling it to the Duke of Queensbury in 1767 whereupon, since the Duke already held the Manorship of the parish, it became Urchfont Manor. After passing through several tenants and other owners it was eventually bought in 1945 by Wiltshire County Council who converted it onto an adult education college, a function that it has to this day.
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Camera location51° 18′ 43″ N, 1° 57′ 01″ W  Heading=135° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
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