The Brook, Wokingham

[Emmarine]

Hi,

I keep trying, but The Brook turned up 1500 results, whereas Finchampstead Rd turned up no results. Apparently though, the house has been listed as historic , otherwise it would not be on the site.
However what is historic in the US or Australia is recent history in England!
Are you able to attach an image, or doesnt that "images of England " allow that?
Is there a URL you can send?
thanks a lot.

[behindthefrogs]

Try "southbrook".  It should bring up three results

[Kenike]

On the Images of England home page in the quick search section type Finchampstead Road. It must be Road and not Rd that you type or you get no results. Then click on the submit button and then it will I promise be the only result you get.
You can then click on the more button to see a larger image.

An alternative is if you have registered log in to the website with your username and password and click on the submit button. This will bring up the advance search screen which has an option to search by IoE number. In this panel type 41671 and click on the submit button at the bottom right of the screen. This will bring up the relevant image.

And yes it is Grade II listed and of historical interest.

Good luck

[Emmarine]

Dear Behind the Frogs and Kenike,

Your patience has paid off. I somehow feel that this is the right house, and your patience has paid off. I am very excited, and will send this info to my family.

I can only say that it is a lovely house. Is this the same house where the Warr clinic has been set up. If you are OK with  sending me your email, I could email you some information about my family, or post it to England  on a CD. Thanks for historic info.

If you live around Wokingham i have other questions.

[behindthefrogs]

You can't see the Warr Clinic which is in North Brook.  This is off to the left of the picture and is joined to SouthBrook just off the picture.  As described above it is a more modern building in the same style but still about 100 years old.  As it has no imposing entrance I think they were all one building at one time

Yes I do live in Wokingham.  If you have  further questions about the town send a message to me.  If you are not familiar with this just click on the green scroll to the left of this reply or just add your questions to this thread.

I have lived in the town over thirty years and I am an occasional member of the local history group whose meetings unfortunately clash with another of my interests.

David

[Kenike]

Glad to hear you have now accessed the image. Its not a terribly good picture but gives some idea.

I also have lived in the area for a number of years and as behindthefrogs says just give us a shout if you need more help. If I dont know the answer immediately it may be possible to source the information locally. 

[Emmarine]

Thanks so much to both of you. I will try the green scroll.
I do have others questions if either of you have time to do a little research, it would be great. I am hoping, in the future to visit Wokingham.

[Emmarine]

 HI BEHIND THE FROGS, YOU WROTE

"The Warr Clinic is in a house called North Brook House.  I walked down the side and it is bigger than I thought.  There appear to be about ten good size sash windows upstairs.  Maybe some rooms have two windows.  Apart from the front, the building is rendered in creamy yellow and while one can see the brickwork through it the age is difficult to work out.

South Brook is behind a high fence and high gates and much more difficult to see.  The house itself is in pretty well original condition and I would describe it as built rather than designed. It is probably slightly smaller than NBH.  The brickwork at the front uses slightly larger bricks than NBH, the windows are of different sizes to each other and the woodwork under the roof is applied where it is needed rather than symmetrically."

IS NBH ATTACHED TO SBH TO FORM A SQUARE OR PERHAPS AN L SHAPE?

"The front of NBH has been designed to match and this makes it very difficult to estimate the actual age of this part of what was obviously once a single building.  SB has a slate roof and the ridge is lead, NBH use matching modern tiles and has a tiled ridge. 

It is difficult to tell how much of NBH is recent refurbishment and how much is the original extension.  My guess is that SB is probably mid 19th century and NBH early 20th.

At the back there is a further dwelling called "The Stables" which looks as though it could be as old as the original but I couldn't get very close.

IS THERE SOME BARRIER THERE THAT PREVENTS GETTING CLOSER? ARE THE STABLES INHABITED?

Carey Road is just the other side of the railway bridge and is obviously a road which has gradually been developed away from the Finchhampstead Road parallel with the railway.  The row of older cottages look a little newer than the railway bridge which I know was constructed in the early 1850s."
THE DIRECTIONS YOU GAVE WERE VERY HELPFUL. I HOPE TO VISIT.

CHRIS

[Emmarine]

In early November 1853 , John,(31) James (28)and Annie (32) Twycross set sail on the Harbinger for Australia, arriving on December 23rd. (FROM ENGLAND)

THEY WERE PART OF A LARGE FAMILY OF 12 , THE OFFSPRING OF JAMES TWYCROSS, A JP OF WOKINGHAM. IN AUSTRALIA, JOHN AMD JAMES EVENTUALLY ESTABLISHED A WOOL BUSINESS WITH THEIR FATHER JAMES IMPORTING THE WOOL BACK TO ENGLAND...