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Images are from a property sales brochure, 2018.Iles Green dates back to the early part of the 17th century. Sir William Rothenstein, artist and, later, Principal of the Royal College of Art, purchased and refurbished the house in 1913 when the…

Linda Hall, Author of ''Period House Fixtures and Fittings 1300 - 1900' has viewed Bownes Pool and set out her observations :The house is set at right angles to the road and is built on a level platform cut out of the hillside. It faces east down to…

Information on previous owners gained from documents : 1779 John Vincent, tailor, of Oakridge Lynch sells property “having a cottage or tenement of John Stephens on the north west side, a cottage of John Hunt on the north side thereof and Oakridge…

Cobdens is typical of the former weavers cottages which were connected by a network of footpaths and typically had large gardens.Information on previous owners gained from documents: Identified in Lloyd George Survey 1910 as cottage and land and…

A tiny old cottage at the Frith (once part of a small group called the Wilkins), which dates back to the seventeenth century. (Katrina Thatcher).Rememberance of George Hunt: "Talking of our house, Frith Cottage, 'I don't remember it, but I've heard…

A Brief History by Stanley Gardiner and Leonard PalinThe Manor House of the ancient Denway, or Tunley, Estate - the two names were interchangeable. The oldest part of the house pre-dates 1339 when the inhabitants, Henry de Clyfford and Matilda his…

Duttons, a cottage near Waterlane, has remained largely unchanged since it was built nearly 200 years ago.

Information on previous owners gained from documents: Identified in Lloyd George Survey 1910 as House and land 377 Fairview House Description : Stone and tile house: 3 bedrooms, hall, sitting room, kitchen, dairy, scullery, pantry, washhouse, garden…

Identified in Lloyd George Survey 1910 as Whare - house and buildings 451 Description: Stone and tile house fair, bad roof: 4 bedrooms, 2 sitting rooms, kitchen and pantry,washhouse, coal house, EC, timber and galvanised lean-to shed, piggeries,…