Karl Wood and the Old Parsonage, Bishops Tachbrook, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
I'm grateful to Tim Lisle-Croft for sending me these images of the Old Parsonage, Bishops Tachbrook, near Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, which include a watercolour of the house (where Tim was born) by Karl Wood from 1945, and which Wood gave his parents (probably in exchange for a meal). Here Dr Douglas F. Lisle-Croft, Mrs Joyce K. Lisle-Croft and their three children lived: in all, the Lisle-Croft family lived there from 1938 to 1976.
Before 1904 the Rev John Thomas Hallett lived there. The house was demolished after the death of Tim's parents in 1976. This photo of the house was taken a little before the demolition: of note is the work on the chimneys since the painting was taken. Parsonage Close was built on the land.
I grew up in Tachbrook and remember the summer fairs that were held on the lawn. I was treated by Dr Croft as a child. Its was a beautiful house with a large flock of geese keeping an eye on you! Such a shame that it was demolished and the land covered in "Same as" houses.
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