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Brookside
Brookside was built in 1974 by Harry and Joyce Durrant. It was built in the garden of Joyces’ mother, Mrs Hewitt. The architect was asked to design a house that had the same layout as their council house in Long Lane so that all their furniture would fit.
Harry and Joyce lived there until their deaths. Joyce died on Christmas day 2018 and is buried with Harry who died in 2011, in St James’s Churchyard. The house was bought by Miriam and John Grey in 2029. They have extended it to the rear.
The Willows
The Willows was originally two workers’ cottages of traditional flint and brick construction, the left hand side being about 20 years older than the right. The late Ruby Risebrow lived in one as a child and told the present owner that it was built in about 1830. Certainly the cottages show on the tithe map from that period. The cottages were extended to the back,and converted to one dwelling. The next extension added the modern bathroom. A third addition was of the conservatory to the side. The outside toilet in the time of Ruby was where Salix now stands. She also recounted that they got their water from the beck. The cottage is now a holiday let but is often used by the present owner David Sewell who bought it in 2010.
Welland House
1924 Land sold by William James Bell to Frederick William Knights of Garden farm.
1981 Land sold to Mr and Mrs Dicker as the land was too wet for modern farm machinery.
1982 Flint faced house built by Mr and Mrs Dicker and named Pinkauh.
1992 Bought by Robert and Christine Smith who changed the name to Welland House. They extended the house with a double garage with room above.
1991 Bought by Robert and Carol Bone.
2003 Bought by the present owners John and Margaret Dowland who have further extended the sitting room in 2013 and replaced the dilapidated stables with a cart shed. The house stands in 3 and ¾ acres and has Fox’s Beck running through it.