Rudloe Manor

The Manor stands at the top of Box Hill in Rudloe, on the western outskirts of Corsham, about 7 miles (11 km) north-east of the city of Bath.

[1] Within the curtilage there is a 17th-century multi-bay cart shed, a 12th-century tithe barn[2] and a 17th-century carriage house adjacent to a former granary, along with Grade II listed entrance gates and screen.

[10] At the turn of the century, the estate was owned by Jacob Selfe[10] of Melksham,[5] who died in 1702, though Thomas Goddard junior was still in occupation.

[12] In 1870, Lord Methuen sold Rudloe Manor to Thomas Poynder,[5] and it became part of the Hartham Park Estate.

The estate was then held in trust until 1887 for Thomas Poynder's nephew, Sir John Dickson, MP for Chippenham between 1892 and 1910, later created Lord Islington.

The Corsham-based architect, Sir Harold Brakspear, who specialised in the restoration of historic buildings, then prepared drawings for Captain Daniell,[13] but the scheme was not executed.

10 Group Fighter Command which protected Western England and was led by Air Vice Marshal Sir Christopher Quentin Brand.

In 2010, an enabling consent was granted to safeguard the historic buildings by way of planning permission for nine new-build houses on a previous plantation known as 'Randells Garden' to the north.

Essential repair works to the stone tile roof structures were completed in 2012,[26] and in 2016 the cart shed was rebuilt.

[17] Many of the formal gardens were lost with the Air Ministry occupation between 1941 and 1999 on the construction of the operations room and administration blocks within the grounds to the south and west.