From the main biography page of this site:

Retirement to Wingfield House, near Trowbridge, England

 

Jasper and Jean had bought a divided manor house called Wingfield House (near the town of Trowbridge, and not far from Bath) on a trip to England in 1984, and it was to this location that they retired in 1986. They lived there until they moved to the nearby city of Bath in the beginning of 1998.  The address:  1 Wingfield House, Bradford Road, Wingfield, Trowbridge BA14 9LF, UK.  Wingfield House is in a very rural countryside location that is surrounded by trees, pastures, and farmland, and is a 20-minute drive from Bath.

Above: The 2 photographs alongside the painting of Mrs. Case at Wingfield were taken in 2019.  The orange boxes designate Jasper and Jean's unit 1.  Mrs. Case was the name of the real estate agent who sold Jasper and Jean the house. 

When Mrs. Case sold Jasper and Jean the house, the very large manor house was divided into 2 units.  Jasper and Jean's unit 1 remains unchanged, but unit 2 has since been subdivided into units 2 and 3.  The orange boxes indicate the manor house area that belonged to Jasper and Jean.  The large fireplace was so big that you could walk into it.  Their unit was the newest part of the manor house and was estimated to have been built in about 1830.

Above: Picture postcard of Wingfield House in 1917.  The orange box indicates the manor house area that would become Jasper and Jean's unit 1 in 1984.

Above: A 2019 view of Wingfield Manor House with lines dividing the 3 units.

Above: Satellite view of Wingfield House in 2019.  It is located in a very rural countryside location that is surrounded by trees, pastures, and farmland.

Above: Looking down the manor drive of Wingfield House in 2019.

Incredibly, Cowell College Literature Professor George Amis saw a tabloid newspaper headline at a supermarket checkout line in Santa Cruz that ran a headline saying: "The War of the Roses."  The tabloids had picked up on an issue between Jasper and the owners of the other half of Wingfield House.  Cheryl Doering also saw the headline and asked Jasper about it.  Jasper said the problem concerned the use of the manor house drive.  It's noteworthy to point out that Jasper never drove a car. Jean did all the driving.

Above:  Trees, pasture and farmland alongside Wingfield House in 2019.

Jasper also told Cheryl Doering that he was once out painting a landscape in a nearby field at Wingfield when a farmer approached him , looked over his shoulder and said, "hmph...it's clear that you're no professional."

Above:  Sheep in a pasture and farmland alongside Wingfield House in 2019.

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