Chiseldon House Hotel

Chiseldon house was built in 1840 by William Ruddle Browne (1787–1848). He was born in the Chiseldon area in 1787; his father William Browne owned a prosperous farm in the White Horse Vale. He trained to be a farmer and in 1822 he married, but his wife died in childbirth ten years later. After this he became a land agent and steward. In 1840 he built Chiseldon House and occupied the property with his brother John Browne (1791–1853) and his wife Ann. At the end of 1840 William married a second time, at the age of 53: his new wife was Ann Nicolson Lee who was 22 years his junior. The couple had two daughters and one son. Their son William Edward Nicolson Browne inherited the house when he was…