Winchester St. Thomas Street
Nos. 10 - 13
No.10 was the home of Cdr. 'Rocky' Knight founder of the Australian Navy Physical Training Establishment.
Nos.10 and 11 were part of Mulberry House as servants' quarters and are now separated from No.12 Wickham House by a set back stable yard, with behind, a walled garden.
Wickham House is not on Godson's map of 1750 so is dated later that century. Like other large houses in the street it is built almost to the street frontage with attractive steps leading to a fine arched door with fanlight and Roman Ionic engaged columns. The blank window spaces could be the result of the window tax of 1696 which was repealed in 1851.
W.J. Wickham FRCS, whose memorial is in the Cathedral, died in 1864. He was a native of Winchester and hospital consultant for forty years. His father W.N. Wickham was also a surgeon at the hospital from 1823 and was closely linked with Winchester College for many years. Wickham House has, since 1953, been used by business firms.
Knocker from access door in garden wall of No. 13 Footscrapers and doorknockers show a wide variety of designs
No.13 is of approximately the same period and appearance as No.12 but the materials and detailing are less attractive. In the 1880s a Mr. Butler, surgeon, lived here, followed in the first quarter of this century by T.D. Richards MRCS. Mrs. Constance Young, who had been here since 1960 died in July 1980 at the age of 110. A member of the Barrow Simonds family, she married into the Young family, brewers in London.
On Mrs. Young's 100th birthday, the brewery horses and dray were a feature of the family gathering that honoured the occasion. The layout of the house is typical of the time, planned with more regard to formality than for orientation and convenience. The two storey servants' quarters do not upset the symmetry of the three storey block alongside.
The stable block fronts St. Swithun Street and was the home for Stella, an old grey horse which was exercised regularly in the surrounding streets.
The garden wall, listed grade II as is the house, is of brick and stone with blocked openings, which was altered in the early 1980s to gain a wider access to the garden behind. Since then No.13 has not been in full residential use.