Can someone pinpoint where this house is? NOW WITH PHOTO

[nicktothewood]

Hi everybody, I am new to rootschat and have a photograph which I am trying to pinpoint.
My dad found it in the shed at his great aunts house after she died in the 60's, the frame is falling apart and it looks like it has been hung up at some point in the past but not for a very long time. We are trying to work out whether the lady on the photo is a family member, but to do this we need to find out where the house is.

Anyway the photo is of a servant (woman) and a dog stood outside a huge house with gates and hedges round it (possibly country house) and underneath someone has written 'Ormonde Cottage' in really old fashioned copperplate writing. The house will definitely be somewhere in England. My family has lived in Malton/Norton, north yorkshire for many generations, but we don't think the house is in the area. However, someone may know different?

Would it be possible for someone to do some sort of old house name search?
I would put up a scan of the photo, but I am worried to take it out of the frame in case it falls apart.

If anyone could help I would be extremely greatful. Looking forward to finding out.
Regards, Nick.

[Jamjar]

Not a lot to choose from on an Internet search.

http://www.ormondehouse.co.uk/welcome/index.php

http://www.smoothhound.co.uk/hotels/ormonde-house.html

Jamjar

[nicktothewood]

I had a look at those, but unfortunately neither of them look like it.
I have done a scan, apologies for the poor quality but i had to squeeze the photo into my scanner because it is stuck to a large cardboard background.

Regards, Nick.

[Jamjar]

Maybe if you give us some family names the address may turn up on some census.

Jamjar

[Jamjar]

There's this one, but no photo.

Ormonde Cottage, Newton Road, Torquay, Devon, TQ2 5DB

Jamjar

[nicktothewood]

hmmm I guess that is a possibility.
I would do, but the problem is we don't know, Auntie Emmy lived in the house that her parents had lived in before her, so it could have been any members of the Wood family really. We are fairly sure the woman is not Auntie Emmy however as she was disabled with an arched back and the woman on the photo isn't arched.

We thought it may have been Elisa/Eliza Stockdale (my great great grandma) b.1841 m.1863 (married Arthur Wood and became Elisa Wood) d.1921. However to me the photo looks to have been taken around 1890 ish? and Eliza had children before that and was a housewife until she died as far as I know. She is not listed as a servant on the censuses after she was married.
Auntie Emmy was the only female child of Arthur and Eliza.

Regards, Nick.

[Jamjar]

I've emailed the folk at that address a copy of the photo. Hope we get a reply.

Jamjar

[nicktothewood]

Thank you very much, you're a star!
Just had a look on google street view unfortunately there is no camera view of the street yet.
Going to have a look on google earth now.
Regards, Nick.

[Hibee]

Already had a look at the Torquay house on Google Earth.  Doesn't look right.

Hibee