The farmhouse at Pool Farm, Corsley, pictured in 1947, when it was Lot No.1 in the auction sale of a large portion of the Longleat Estate. The auction, held at the Grand Cinema, Frome, on Thursday and Friday, 24th and 25th July 1947, was under instructions from Henry Frederick Thynne, the 6th Marquess of Bath, solely for the purpose of paying Death Duties of £700,000. The auction comprised 5,400 acres of land, 20 farms, 23 smallholdings, 3 public houses, 130 cottages, as well as shops and a brickyard, situate in Wiltshire and Somerset. Cooper & Tanner Ltd., were the auctioneers.
Pool Farm House was described as well built and well appointed, built of brick and stone, with slated roof, and recently treated with a cement wash. The ground floor included a tiled front hall, a dining room, a drawing room, a back hall, a kitchen, a good larder, and a scullery. The first floor had a landing leading to four bedrooms, a bathroom and a lavatory. A pathway at the rear of the property led to a courtyard, a galvanized roofed boiler house, a cheese-room and a coal house. Outside were pleasant lawns, a kitchen garden, a range of farm buildings opposite, and two cottages. The farmland comprised 163 acres. All of this was let to farmer Maurice W. White on a yearly Michaelmas tenancy, at £250 per annum.