John Pullen House
Lyneham Green
Lyneham
This beautiful and classic Grade II listed country house set in the heart of the village within mature established gardens has significant local historic importance. The two-storey property, is thought to be one of the original houses located in the previously active area of the village, adjoining the village green. Many residents in the village in recent times have known the property as 'Greenlands'.

The junction where the current roundabout is located, was a common passing and stopping point for the Bristol to London mail run. During that period, many stage coaches used to stop off at the White Hart Inn and pick up fresh venison prepared for the royalty in Windsor. The deer was from the nearby Braydon Forest and was slaughtered and prepared in the adjacent building to the Inn.

Lyneham Green was the junction of all roads as it is today. The Calne - Lyneham road followed its present course from 1736, being known as Ewen Lane at that time, and ran through the village. In 1887 a bypass was built to the north of Bradenstoke and after that the road at the heart of Bradenstoke declined in importance. To see an enlarged map of the village c1888 click here

The house similar in design to the White Hart Inn, which is situated on the opposite side of the road, has many original facets on the property in 2006. Many of the lower floor rooms have vaulted ceiling and exposed beams. Flagstone flooring in the courtyard lead to the original out buildings, which have been converted to an annex for living accommodation.

Drinking water was provided by one of the many wells located in the village and this property had it own well located in the north east part of the large courtyard. In 1846 most of the tithes in the parish had been merged into the lands tax valuations by the government and only those in excess of 161 acres were due to pay a rent charge of £37 which was awarded to GHW Heneage. The John Pullen House was one of these to be charged.

John and Elizabeth Pullen lived in the property, before Elizabeth passed away 28th September 1857 aged 69 Years and was laid to rest in St Michael and All Angels Church in the village. John Pullen died approximately a decade later during the winter of 1867, 17th January 1867 aged 78 Years. He was laid to rest in the same plot as his wife.

In 1822 Elizabeth Pullen owned Barrow End Farm which was recorded primarily as an arable farm with a large fruit orchard. During the 1822 valuation for the Henage estate, Mrs Pullen had the majority of stakes for total land owned on Lyneham Green and Barrow End. She had six-seventeenths of the overall share of the land, which was double the amount that John Hopkins owned. The total valuation for the land at that time was £7 11s 11d.

The 1881 Census Record documents Elizabeth Pullen then aged 74 years as a retired farmer who lived in Greenlands Cottage with her servant Jane Clark aged 63 years. Jane Clark was recorded as a Gents Servant Domestic. Both ladies were born in the village.

The Lyneham Estate Sale of 5th October 1905, at Lansdowne Arms Hotel Calne, Greenlands was recorded as lot 28, described as the very valuable small residential property known as Greenlands. Occupying an extremely pleasant position on the north-east side of Lyneham Green and is fronted and adjoined by a pretty lawn and flower garden. The house is brick and stone built with a slated roof, and contains on the first floor, six bed rooms with an attic store room over; on the ground floor are two parlours, kitchen, office, shop, scullery, a back kitchen and a pantry; and at the rear are a coal house, a wash house and a dairy. At the side of the house is a small set of outbuildings, consisting of two poultry houses, a set of two piggeries, an open waggon shed, a cart horse stable for three with loft over a store house and trap house and adjoining are kitchen and fruit gardens and a small orchard and a paddock.

The house buildings and gardens and yards was let to Mr William Wild on a yearly Lady Day tenancy at a rental of £24 per annum. The land tax upon this lot was apportioned for the purposes of sale at £1 4shillings per annum. This outgoing is paid by the landlord. Also part of the lot recorded as items 393 and 400 on the plan was over three acres of pasture land, part of Mortimers Close.