House where Oliver Cromwell plotted Civil War battle goes on the market for £1million
Advertisement A Grade II-listed house where Oliver Cromwell plotted a key Civil War battle has gone on the market for a £1million. A blue plaque on the side of Wickham Court in Bristol records the fateful meeting between Cromwell and his right-hand man General Sir Thomas Fairfax on the evening of September 10, 1645, before the New Model Army's attack on the city. Hours after their rendezvous the Parliamentarians launched a raid prompting weeks of fighting which left hundreds dead and ended one of the Civil War's longest sieges. An historic Grade II-listed house where Oliver Cromwell p...