Corsley Mill Farm House, pictured in 1947, when it was Lot No.31 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.
In the sale catalogue, Corsley Mill Farm House was described as “A farm house of character, brick and stone built, with tiled roof, and with freestone facings and portico.” The accommodation included a cellar in the basement; while the ground floor comprised a hall; a dining room with built-in cupboards at the side of a fireplace; a drawing room; a kitchen; rear passage; and wash-house. The first floor featured an oak staircase to the landing; two front bedrooms (one with dressing room and built-in cupboard); two bedrooms and a box room. The second floor featured two attics. Adjoining the farm house was a milk-house and a boiler-house, a lawn, a kitchen garden, and a pigsty. There was also a range of agricultural buildings, a farm worker’s cottage, and 36 acres of land. All of this was let on a yearly Michaelmas tenancy to Harold G.L. Mees, at £121 per annum.