Westwood Manor today

Map of Westwood in 1792

Towards the end of the eighteenth century, in 1775, the - Tugwell family of Bradford leased most of Westwood from the Chapter at Winchester. In 1796 a lease to this family was drawn up for 21 years. This included 'the profits of the Pidgeon house'. This lease granted to Tugwell 'yearly one Gown of the Yeoman's livery of the said Dean and Chapter'. The lease further provided that 'the said Tugwell, his Executors and Assigns at their own proper costs and charges shall yearly during all the said term find unto the said Dean and to his Successors and to the Receiver and Steward of the said Church for the time being and all others coming with them as well as for their Courts there to be holden as also for the Lordships there to be surveyed Meat Drink Beds and Lodgings sufficient and convenient and also Stable Room Hay Litter and provender sufficient for their Horses and Geldings for the space of one day and two nights yearly'. That the house already enjoyed a reputation for its archi tectural character is attested to by two drawings by J. C. Buckler and John Skinner in the British Museum. West wood remained the property of the Dean and Chapter until 1861 When it was transferred to the Ecclesiastical Com missioners who sold it to the Tugwells who held the estate until 1911 when Mr Tugwell of Crowe Hall, Bath, sold the house and some land to Mr Edward G. Lister.