THE WHITE HOUSE, PIXHAM.
Not far from Powick Bridge, where after two hours' hard fighting the
Royalists were defeated by General Fleetwood, stands a quaint old
house of timber and plaster, with nine gables facing three sides of the
compass, and a high three-gabled oaken porch in front. It is called
Priors Court, or the White House of Pixham, and since "the battle of
Powick Br
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idge" it has been occupied by the same family, though the name by inter-marriage has changed from time to time. A branch of the Lanes
of Bentley were the representatives in the seventeenth century, and
according to tradition the famous Jane Lane lived here for a time.
Though the house belongs to the Tudor period, many alterations
were made early in the eighteenth century, but the little interior
quadrangle remains much in its original condition. One expects to find
within, the usual comfortable chimney corners and cosy panelled
rooms, and perhaps some ancient furniture; but it comes as a
surprise to find a museum of relics and heirlooms taking us back to
the days of the Tudors and Stuarts.