Where Am I? No 12

[groom]

Perhaps the second door is the servants/tradesmen entrance and leads to the kitchen.

[DavidG02]

(just to get rid of the spam)

I saw this property on IOW and while I don't think it is, these may be the difficulties we face. And might help with the 2 entrance dilemma.

http://www.wightagents.co.uk/property/print.aspx?pics=true&id=10405  FAIR WARNING IT WILL ASK TO PRINT. JUST CANCEL

The East Wing can either be used as part of the main house (for which there are interconnecting doors) or as a self-contained cottage with its own parking area and courtyard garden to the rear. The current vendors have recently successfully let both the east wing and the main manor house for short-term holiday lets.

There have been many additions over the years and the fact it is mainly stone - while I believe property 12 is mainly wood- does tend to suggest it isn't the property we are looking for and I freely concede it isn't.

But also it comes with a potted history of the place to help decide

[Ruskie]

There have been many additions over the years and the fact it is mainly stone - while I believe property 12 is mainly wood- does tend to suggest it isn't the property we are looking for and I freely concede it isn't.

But also it comes with a potted history of the place to help decide

I thought our house was brick and tile? Along the lines of these:

http://www.freepedia.co.uk/DIRHomesTileHungWalls.php

[DavidG02]

I thought our house was brick and tile? Along the lines of these:

http://www.freepedia.co.uk/DIRHomesTileHungWalls.php

Probably right . Been a long weekend 

[Ruskie]

 

[ScouseBoy]

I still find two entrance doors so close together odd ......

That's what I find odd, almost as if it is two houses.

Good observation.

The  part on the left could be the Main house for the family, and the other part could be the servants quarters.   Like "Upstairs Downstairs".

Can the design of the chimneys  help date the property?         Perhaps wood would be the main fuel?

[ScouseBoy]

In 1894 the Building Act  changed the law about flat windows,  allowing bay windows of various forms.             

Someone has  commented on this earlier I think.  Most of the windows in the photo have been modified  from once being flat.  But  you can see half way down the  right hand part  there is still a flat window.

Could the reason this photo was taken be:  To record  how the House looked prior  to the Re-modelling?

[DavidG02]

The angle of the photo , and as discussed , the likelihood it is the rear view, makes for a great deal of speculation.

I agree many additions have been made to this building , but , I also feel it is no longer with us. I would think , apart from 1 or 2 changes , what you see here is near the final build.

*the above is purely speculation and further discoveries may make this post obsolete 

[groom]

Can I just clarify, is this a postcard or a photo taken by an individual? If the latter, and if it is a view of the rear of the house, it may be the only picture still in existence!