... Pelham-Smith family in the eighteenth century. If you look closely at the bottom A day in the life of a stately home owner by Alan Townend Photocopiable © www.english-test.net 5 New ... e ow ner by Alan Townend Photocopiable © www.english-test.net 1A day in the life of a stately hom e ow ner The Pelham-Smiths are no longer as rich as they once were. At one time ... Manor, a seventeenth-century house standing in sixty acres of its own grounds near Gloucester. Now only Pelham Manor remains in the family. The present owner, Sir John Pelham-Smith, inherited...