Description: The round house was a picturesque little semi-circular castle, complete with battlements that stood on the East bank of the Trent - near the Fairham Brook. It was surrounded by apple trees, gooseberry bushes and raspberry canes. It served as a focal point for picnics and playing children. The locals generally believed it to be an old lodge used by the Clifton Family in the old days. It's more likely to have been the gate house to the entrance of Clifton Grove. On summer weekends, people would buy a tea of eggs, bread, butter and fruit and eat in the Round House grounds. Local boys would dam up part of the nearby brook to create a swimming pool. Others would fish among the shallows. Wilford Round House was demolished in the 1960's. (Information extracted from the excellent Wilford and Clifton web-site)