A wonderful photo of Paycockes house divided into three cottages before it was restored. Its survival was a miracle!
In 1890 the house was sold for demolition and the timber bought by Cuthbert Quilter of Hintlesham Hall. The antiquary Mr G F Beaumont (who wrote 'A History of Coggeshall') managed to cancel the sale and it was then bought by Charles Pudney, a carrier, who in September 1904, sold it to Noel Edward Buxton (later Lord Buxton). Buxton's forebears had owned Paycocke's from 1584 until 1746 and were related by marriage to the Paycocke family. Buxton immediately set to work on the restoration of the house, much of it by the Coggeshall woodcarver, E W Beckwith, to plans approved by the famous architect Sir Edwin Lutyens. By 1906 it was complete and furnished. In 1924 Buxton, who only occasionally used the house, presented it to the National Trust.
The house was almost destroyed again on 23rd October 1928 when a serious fire broke out on the stairs, quickly spread to a bedroom and then set the roof on fire. Things looked so desperate that the crowd who gathered to watch were organised to salvage the furniture and paintings. By then the Coggeshall Fire Brigade had arrived and fought their way up the stairs to bring the fire under control and save the building.
Photo courtesy Coggeshall Museum
Date: c1890
Ref: 101/09
In 1890 the house was sold for demolition and the timber bought by Cuthbert Quilter of Hintlesham Hall. The antiquary Mr G F Beaumont (who wrote 'A History of Coggeshall') managed to cancel the sale and it was then bought by Charles Pudney, a carrier, who in September 1904, sold it to Noel Edward Buxton (later Lord Buxton). Buxton's forebears had owned Paycocke's from 1584 until 1746 and were related by marriage to the Paycocke family. Buxton immediately set to work on the restoration of the house, much of it by the Coggeshall woodcarver, E W Beckwith, to plans approved by the famous architect Sir Edwin Lutyens. By 1906 it was complete and furnished. In 1924 Buxton, who only occasionally used the house, presented it to the National Trust.
The house was almost destroyed again on 23rd October 1928 when a serious fire broke out on the stairs, quickly spread to a bedroom and then set the roof on fire. Things looked so desperate that the crowd who gathered to watch were organised to salvage the furniture and paintings. By then the Coggeshall Fire Brigade had arrived and fought their way up the stairs to bring the fire under control and save the building.
Photo courtesy Coggeshall Museum
Date: c1890
Ref: 101/09
Also in: East & West St.
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