At the end of the 19th century there seem to have been a cottage set back from the road at 7 Gold Street. This are visible in a photograph taken from the Church tower early in the 20th century, and it appears on the Ordnance Survey map of 1900. This map also shows another building closer to Gold Street roughly on the site of the present house. The present house has a date stone of 1912 on its face.
By the time of the Inland Revenue Survey of 1910, one 'grocers shop' is recorded on the site, owned by Frederic Keeves. However the next two survey entries record two cottages belonging to Frederic Keeves. The location of these cottages is not clear, but it seems probable they are on this site.
All the above photographs depict a building which is dated on its face as from 1912.
The map of 1900 indicated that there was an earlier building on the same site. |
The thatched cottage visible at the left end of the row in this photograph seems to be on the plot of 7 Gold Street. It seems to have been demolished a few years later.
The photograph is from a postcard post marked 1904. It is zoomed from a wide view of the north end of the village taken from the church tower.
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Aerial view probably from the 1920s or 1930s
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Viewed from the Church tower in 1957.
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In April 2006
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The following people are associated with 7 Gold Street: