Where Am I? No 12

[Treetotal]

I'm still unsure whether or not it could be two properties?
Carol

[Jool]

Interesting thought Pat, it could well be part of a school.  Maybe a check on the census to see if it shows any of the Moon or Clifton Brown children at boarding school.

I have been googling "tile hung house" which came up with a promising selection of houses, but I haven't found it yet. 

My internet was down yesterday so I was a bit frustrated that I was not able to see what was going on here    It seems OK at the moment but I don't know how long it will hold out so I may disappear suddenly 

[Treetotal]

Here is the boarding school that Geoffrey Clifton-Brown was attending in 1911 which I posted on a previous Where am I topic:

http://www.whoisgeorgemills.com/2011/05/gardens-and-sick-wing-at-warren-hill.html

Carol

[Trishanne]

Thanks for finding that Carol. Oh well, there's nothing familiar looking there, but it does have a 'large glass arboretum'
Pat

[still_looking]

Apparently this tower is part of the old coastguard station. I'm not suggesting the building is the one we're looking for but the construction of this looks very similar.

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2951168

S_L

[Trishanne]

The top of that tower is so similar, even the glazing bars are the same pattern, I can't see enough of the rest of the tower to compare.  Of course things will have been restored now so it is hard to tell. I can't make the gables and roof line fit though to match 'our' house. If you look at The Bill House on Google earth it has a huge courtyard, but I can't find an image of the backs to the buildings, so can't tell. Though if it would be the backs, the tower is in the wrong place 
I cannot find another tower to match this one as yet, but I'm sure you are on the right lines.
Sorry another ramble from me.
Pat

[Yorkslass]

That's a good find S_L .

First time I've seen a tower even remoteley resembling our mystery house.
This old photo shows the house in 1928 from above
http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw024675

And yes, in answer to your previous question, it was the bay window roofs I was mystified about.
I've seen some similar, but none with that space below the apex.

Yorkslass

[Little Nell]

That's another listed building:

http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=301066&mode=quick

Another search term to try (coast guard house towers) but it brings up a lot of US photos. 

Nell

[DavidG02]

Another search term to try (coast guard house towers) but it brings up a lot of US photos. 

Nell

Oi stop nicking my search terms