Pheasants Walk

This photograph shows  is Pheasants Walk in 2026. It was built on a plot of land that was originally an apple orchard belonging to the Stucley Arms and was part of the Affeton Estate owned by the Stucley family. This story of Pheasants Walk starts with the orchard around 1940.

This  Ordnance Survey map of shows the location of the Orchard at the beginning of the C20th. 

This  Ordnance Survey map of shows the location of the Orchard in the year it was sold as a building plot. 

At the time that the orchard supported the business at the Stucley Arms it was well maintained. In this photograph  the building showing with the boundary of the orchard was an Apple Press. .The Stucley Arms is the building immediately behind and to the right oft he orchard.

When the Stucley Arms closed in 1940 nobody looked after the orchard and it became an untidy overgrown plot.

In 1973 the head of the Stucley family was Sir Dennis Stucley

26 October 1973 Conveyance  Sir Dennis Stucley and others sell to Byway Properties Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17 September 1976 Conveyance Byway Properties Ltd to John Boothway

 

1 August 1978 Mr J Boothway Conveyance of a building plot (Dart House) to F.A.Cox Brothers (Construction) Ltd.

1 August 1978 Achieved Planning Consent 

This photograph shows the location of Pheasants Walk and its neighbour Dart House within the setting of West Worlington.

In this photograph it is possible to detect that the garden is becoming established

In 2003 Pheasants Walk was was sold and conveyed to new owner who were also residents The property consisted of:

• Downstairs:  an Entrance Hall, Cloakroom, Sitting Room, Kitchen / Breakfast Room

• Upstairs: Landing three Bedrooms; and a Bathroom.

The photographs show the property in  that year. 

                                                                                                                           

This photograph offers a view of the road from West  Worlington Bridge to  the crossroads leading up to Town Farm West Worlington.

The owners commissioned Master Plan Ltd to produce architectural  drawings  and  building regulations, notes, sketches and calculations. 

Full Planning Approval 28 / 08 /  2005

Building Control Approval 31 / 10 / 2005

The construction work was undertaken by local builder, local carpenter and local electrician during 2006

On addition to the property was the construction of the studio. This was designed as an artist studio to provide a place for the owner and resident at the time to fulfill a hobby. 

This is a Ariel view of Pheasants Walk following the completion of the development and improvement works.

This is a photograph of the front elevation showing the garden room extension at the far end of the building.

No evidence has been found to explain why the property has the name of Pheasant’s Walk, however, as a prospective purchaser of the property in 2003  I arrived at the property on one  of a number of recce visits one Saturday afternoon to find hundreds of pheasants walking down the road from the direction of Worlington Bridge. This could be surmised as the reason but this phenomenon has not been seen again since that event.