Description:Wisbar House on the corner of Church Lane and New Road in Checkley. At the time of the 1837 Rate Book this house was owned by Thomas Walters.
The house gained its current name after a retired sea captain, Lewis Barker, moved in during the early 1900s. The name is made up of the second syllable of Lewis and the first of Barker. He was a recluse and fearsome in appearance to the local children, being tall with a beard and often wearing a skull cap, but he was actually a very gentle man.
At the back of Wisbar house is a large plaque depicting a woman with long dark hair. Its origins are unknown but one theory is that it may have indicates a Georgian coaching inn when the main road passes along Old Lane before the turnpike road (now the A522) from Deadman’s Green to the top of Church Lane was built.
Information from the www.checkleystaffs.co.uk website.