Prosperous

Prosperous is a Grade II listed house located in Shalbourne, dating from the early to mid-19th century. The building is constructed of brick and features a tiled roof. It has a central block that is two stories high with an attic, consisting of three bays. The facade includes a gabled central porch with double glazed doors set under a round arch. The windows are a mix of three-light sash and casement styles, all with gauged brick lintels. The center bay is raised to form a pediment, which contains a large round-headed window. The eaves are dentilled, and the roof is half-hipped with two gabled dormers.

To the right elevation, there is a two-story bay window that was added later, along with an extensive two-story wing at the rear. There is also a parallel rear block from the late 19th century, featuring a shallow central gable made of blue vitrified brick and brick dentilled eaves, with a hipped roof. Inside, there are some bolection moulded panels, likely from the 19th century.

This current building replaces a 17th-century brick structure on the same site, with the bricks from the earlier house now being reused as paving. The earlier house was known as Mount Prosperous and was the residence of Jethro Tull, the agricultural innovator, from around 1709 until his death in 1740. It was here that Tull wrote 'Horsehoing Husbandry' in 1733, among other works.