The Wooster Papers

Places, in Hockley-cum-Meston

Plank's house

Also the house, the big house with the red shutters, the house she had spoken of, Imposing mansion, the house where he resides, chez Plank, the front gate

Plank's imposing mansion with red shutters at Hockley-cum-Meston, inherited from his godfather, its hall hung with animal heads.

In each book 2 books
  • In Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves
    Plank's imposing mansion with red shutters at Hockley-cum-Meston, inherited from his godfather, its hall hung with animal heads.
  • In Aunts Aren't Gentlemen
    Plank's house in Gloucestershire, where he once accused Bertie of trying to swindle him.

Scenes set here

  1. Plank, a Rugger-mad explorer, takes Bertie for a Daily Express reporter, and when Bertie produces the statuette and asks for five pounds he threatens to call the police, just as Jeeves comes in through the french window.Chapters 10–11, Plank's house, as the house she had spoken of
  2. At Bertie's car Jeeves explains that Sir Watkyn told Stiffy he really paid Plank a thousand pounds and lied to Uncle Tom to annoy him, briefs Bertie on Plank, and takes the statuette himself in case Spode searches Bertie.Chapter 11, Plank's house, as the front gate

Talked about, but not there

Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves 1 scene
  1. At the Hockley-cum-Meston post office the old lady behind the counter tells Bertie that Plank is up at the big house with the red shutters.Chapter 10, the post office, as the big house with the red shutters
Aunts Aren't Gentlemen 1 scene
  1. At the doctor's Bertie meets Major Plank, who fails to place him and alarms him about his spots, and then Murgatroyd pronounces the spots harmless but orders him to the country for a quiet life, which Bertie plans to spend with Aunt Dahlia.Chapter 3, Murgatroyd's consulting room, as his house in Gloucestershire