Long Marston Estate as seen from Pook’s Hill
Owners and residents
1910 – 1924 Deeds show the house was owned by Frederick William Pook.
1911 Census shows Algernon and Rebecca Collett Dauglish were in residence with two visitors and one servant, Thomas Henry Hulland, aged 13.
1921 Census shows Algernon and Rebecca Collett Dauglish still in residence, with son John (single), Royal Navy Chaplain with HMS “Queen Elizabeth”, daughter Mary Lorenza Capel Cure (married) and servant Beatrice Mary Beer.
1924 Deeds show Caroline Mary Louisa Pook (née Hill), widow of Frederick William Pook, sells the house to Mrs Mary Dorothea Mason for £1,200. It may have been known as “Hope’s Roof” during her ownership.
1927 Deeds show the house sold for £1,400 to Mrs Isobel Mackinnon Addison, wife of Dr Christopher Addison MP of Murley Grange . It was re-named “Wican Croft”.
1929 Deeds show the house sold to Rev. G Lyon.
1932 Deeds show title passed to Rev. Lyon’s daughter, Mary Albina Lyon. This was after his death in 1931.
1970 Deeds show sold to Mr and Mrs Derek C White for £6,950. This was after the death of Mary Lyon in 1969. The name was changed to “Wicon Croft” as a result of transcription error. Some modernisation work was carried out including central heating and the building of an annexe; the original fireplaces may have been removed.
1973 Deeds show sold to Mr and Mrs N C K Burt for £23,500.
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