Places: Country Houses



Bodiam  Stourwater like: BM 193
Castlemallock:
 described: VB 177, 180-1, 203
 historical associations: VB 177, 179-80, 246
 seat of the seducer of Dicky Umfraville's wife: VB 163
 the Corps School of Chemical Warfare: VB 163, 177, 179-88, 202-21, 223-46; SA 13, 182-3; BDFR 178
 Lady Caro's Dingle:
  described: VB 180, 235, 238
  and the Maureen debacle: VB 238-9
Dogdene  seat of the Marquis of Sleaford:
 historical associations:
  and Samuel Pepys: LM 14-15, 194
  and Lord Byron: VB 180
  in its heyday: LM 212-3
 as hospital in W W1: LM 11, 21, 43, 195
 as girls' school in WW2: KO 215-6; SA 215
 and characters:
  Mildred Blaides:
   during W W1: LM 11, 13-14, 43, 195, 215-6
   Widmerpool's debacle with: LM 60, 193-4, 214, 225-9, 235; CCR 188
  Lady Molly: LM 12-13, 21, 60, 158-9, 172, 212-3; CCR 81; KO 149, 215-6; SA 215
  General and Mrs Conyers: LM 225-6
 and the Veronese: LM 15, 226; TK 26-7; HSH 92, 209
 other references: LM 13-15, 17, 20; CCR 185
Fonthill  Stourwater compared to: KO 109
Glimber  Mrs Foxe's country seat:
 fame as stately home: QU 61, 70, 128, 173; VB 162
 left to her by Lord Warrington for life only: QU 70; AW 215; VB 162
 Stringham's
  dislike of: QU 61, 70
  ability to fall back on: AW 206-7; KO 107, 216-7
 let to Armenians: BM 110
 requisitioned for evacuated government office in WW2: KO 217; SA 79
 Flavia settles in cottage on estate: MP 201
 other references: QU 64
Hinton Hoo  the W-Ws' country house:
 described: BM 186-7
 scene of weekend house-party: BM 171, 184-94, 231-3; CCR 15
 Widmerpools' cottage near: BM 66, 84; LM 53, 85-6
 other references: BM 62
Mountfichet  Yorkshire seat of Lady Peggy Stepney's new husband:
 haunted: AW 50
 scene of a St John Clarke novel: AW 157
 Stringham's horror of: AW 207-8; CCR 170
Pembringham Woodhouse:
 the Goring estate: BM 25, 65-6, 87-8
 Widmerpools' cottage: BM 66; KO 223; SA 84; TK 41
Stourwater:
 home of Sir Magnus Donners:
  described: BM 192-6, 211, 219-20; HSH 181, 191, 194
  scene of:
   lunch-party, including tour of dungeons: BM 189-229; AW 64-5, 141; MP 54; HSH 193
   dinner, including tableaux: KO 98, 100-1, 103-42, 226-7, 246; VB 126, 181; MP 19, 25, 241; TK 159; HSH 44, 55, 59-62, 191-3
  Kucherman has visited: MP 94
  other references: BM 283; AW 161; KO 92, 223, 246-7; VB 126; HSH 177
 subsequent uses:
  requisitioned in WW2: KO 252; TK 159
  girls' school after the war:
   features of described: HSH 181, 191-2, 194-5, 204, 208-9, 213-4, 216
   expensively fashionable: TK 41, 159
   attended by:
    the Quiggin twins: TK 41; HSH 177
    Clare Akworth: HSH 174, 177
   Sir Bertram Akworth governor of: HSH 174
   scene of the Cutts / Akworth wedding: HSH 174-221, 229, 241, 243, 246
 cottages near:
  Mrs Akworth's: HSH 174, 186
  Moreland's: KO 92, 96, 109, 111-2
  the Widmerpools':
   general mentions of: TK 41; HSH 188-9; and see above, Pembringham Woodhouse
   as centre of communes: HSH 73, 108, 130, 132-4, 137, 156, 238, 241-2
  Flavia Wisebite's: HSH 186
 near childhood homes of:
  Matilda: CCR 128-9; HSH 180
  Veronica Tolland: CCR 128-9; HSH 180
Thrubworth  seat of the Earl of Warminster:
 episodes taking place at:
  NJ's visit with Quiggin and Mona: LM 122-3, 127-54
  Erridge's funeral:
   gatherings after:
    general: BDFR 73-92
    the family alone: BDFR 92-9
   Pamela sick in Chinese vase: BDFR 89-94
 described: LM 127-30, 149-52; VB 159; BDFR 33, 73-6
 scene of:
 problems with:
  the memorial window: LM 41, 152; CCR 76-7; BDFR 94-5
  death of agent: CCR 78
  possible sale of the woods: CCR 64, 78, 219
 requisitioned as military HQ in WW2 as:
  Corps Headquarters: KO 206-7; VB 158-9
  Buster Foxe's secret inter-service organisation: VB 158, 168, 174; BDFR 33
  camp for German POWs: BDFR 33, 48, 63, 72-3, 180
 and members of the family:
  Erridge: LM 24, 31, 41, 95-6, 127-52, 208-9; CCR 60-1, 68, 78, 92, 195, 219; KO 146-7, 206-7; VB 159, 175; MP 83; BDFR 33, 73-6, 94-5, 141
  Jeremy: HSH 178
  Blanche as housekeeper: KO 146-7, 206-7; BDFR 33, 44,
  Veronica moves to after death of Erridge: BDFR 141; HSH 178
  NJ's first meeting with Isobel: LM 136-40, 153, 209
  Dicky Umfraville agent at: TK 6
 other references: LM 8, 99; CCR 215
 associated places:
  village church:
   described: BDFR 48-9; 61
   scene of funerals of:
    George: BDFR 47-8
    Erridge: BDFR 50-72
  the Tolland Arms: LM 138; BDFR 44
  RAF station: BDFR 44, 62-3
  Lady Frederica's cottage:
   described: VB 143-4
   near to Thrubworth: KO 206; VB 159, 168, 173
   Isobel spends pregnancy at: KO 206, 225, 240; VB 20, 117, 145, 152-6, 178
   scene of NJ's weekend leave: VB 142-76; SA 106-7; HSH 186
  Quiggin's cottage: LM 105-28; CCR 129
  Gibbet Down  Mona lives at: BDFR 62
unnamed:
 the Alfords':
  Albert worked in: KO 13-14
  Lord Vowchurch and the mouse: KO 13-14
 Hampshire  Conyers' country house: LM 10, 41-2
 Shropshire  estates of:
  Lord Aberavon: BM 56; VB 195-6
  Johnny Pardoe: BM 40, 56, 58, 280; VB 196


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