If you were at the Guild talk* in the Reading Room this evening, 14 February, you will have heard David Richards refer to Mawarden Court, one of many buildings owned by The Pitt Family. David showed a copy of the image above, a drawing of Mawarden Court in 1805, explaining that the north wing of the house (right of picture) was later demolished and is the site of the present-day Reading Room.
The website has further information :
About Mawarden Court here
About 'Diamond Pitt' here
About Old Sarum Rotten Borough & Parliament Tree here
What it was like to live in Mawarden Court in the 1920s and 1930s here
*Guild Talk 'Old Sarum, The Pitts, and their Diamond' Wednesday 14 February
Speaker David Richards.
More information about the Guild, together with reviews of talks, are on this webpage: