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Hi again,
The photo is taken at the back left hand side of the rear garden, the concrete covered about 3/4 of the width of the garden. You could also walk through an archway through to Severn Road shops through the other properties back garden.
The filled in walkway on the landing comes from a time when the two properties were occupied by the two owners and the other property was also used as some sort of residence or an overflow when the original hotel was "full". To my knowledge this was turned back into two separate properties in the early 1960`s but I believe was also used as an education facility for the older inhabitants.
It would be good to see a few updated photos, that would be most kind,

I thought it was to the left. It's a shame somebody demolished the coach house.

 I wasn't aware of the walkway to the shops, do you recall where that was, on which side of the garden wall?

We were told the opening through to next door (which incidentally is now a private nursing home) was done during the war and that it was to do with evacuees. It shows how the story gets muddled over the decades.

I am unable to send the pictures without an email address (none of the pictures I have are stored on my new iPad). Sorry.

If you google 'Malpas Lodge 3 St. Paul's road' the sales details come up for when we sold the house last year. It says 6 bedroom house or something like that.

The house was very unloved when we acquired it in 2005. Prior to us buying it, it was being used as an HMO and every room was being let out to anybody for cash. The estate agent described it as a 'commune'! You can imagine the state it was in. As has previously been mentioned, before that it was a nursery and before that, the 'children's hotel' you know it as. We restored it to it's former glory, I hope that if you see the pictures it will help your not so good memories.

Hi Ashley,

I'm so sorry to read your story. It is not what we were led to believe the house was used for. I guess facts and stories get twisted and changed over the years.

It is interesting to hear your descriptions of the rooms and how they were used. For example, the coal fire boiler you refer to was still in the outbuildings when we purchased the house to do it up. The room you refer to as the kitchen has been blocked up so there was no access that way into the 'laundry' room or the back garden.

One thing that always flummoxed us and that we couldn't find the answer to (despite taking a trip to Taunton records office to see any plans or references to our house), was why there was a covered up opening into the house next door on the half landing between the first floor and the top floor? Would you have ever seen this?

I have pictures if you would like to see the house how it is now?

Again, I'm so sorry for your terrible experiences at no 3, St. Paul's road (Malpas Lodge to give it its original name).

I look forward to hearing from you

Glad you found it!  Living 12 000 miles away I use googlemap a lot for looking at my ancestors' residences and I'm surprised how many are still there, especially, of course, village houses etc.  In Australia and US googlemap also shows street views so you can see exactly what the place looks like - very handy.

Best wishes, Judith

Hi Judith,

Do you have a connection to my house, formerly Roundabouts in St. Paul's road, Weston- super-Mare? I am trying to find out more about it's history. It is not on the seafront, you are correct about that!

Thanks

Hi

At some point in the 50's I was put into a home called 'Roundabouts Children's Hotel'. I've managed to find on Ancestry a phone directory listing for 1954 which gave the address as 3 St Paul's Road, Weston-Super-Mare. It sounds as though this may have been a private home and I wondered if anyone either knows of this place or could tell me if/where I could maybe get hold of early records?? Thank you  :)

Regards
Karen

Hello, I know this is 6 years old but I'm hoping you will see my reply. Roundabouts is my home, I've lived here 9 years! We knew that it had been a children's home of some sort,  & later a nursery but we don't know the proper history. We would love to know more about it. We found letters behind a fireplace that had been written in the 50's to children who stayed/lived here. We were told the house has been used during the war to house evacuees but we're not sure if this is correct. Any information you can give would be great, thank you