Where Am I? No 12

[still_looking]

I really don't want to expand the geography of this as I'm still going with south or south-east England.

If you search for life saving station 1920s or earlier you get quite a few from the states which include two story buildings with lookouts, boat houses and radio masts.

There is of course the issue of only finding what you're looking for rather than what the building actually is.

S_L

p.s. and of course its highly unlikely they'd have a greenhouse unless they needed to grow their own food for some reason. On that point I did wonder about a re-purposed private house or simply that the building is larger because at the time it was developed there was more man power involved than machine.

[Jool]

I am just packing to go on my jollies for a couple of weeks - I hope to see this one solved by the time I get back - no pressure 

You will probably have got to WAI 150 by then - happy hunting 

[Flattybasher9]

Enjoy.

Regards

Malky

[ScouseBoy]

I am just packing to go on my jollies for a couple of weeks - I hope to see this one solved by the time I get back - no pressure 

You will probably have got to WAI 150 by then - happy hunting 

Bon Voyage

[cazza59]

I am just packing to go on my jollies for a couple of weeks - I hope to see this one solved by the time I get back - no pressure 

You will probably have got to WAI 150 by then - happy hunting 

Have a great time!  We'll miss you! 

[Jool]

Thanks everyone, I'll miss you lot and the WAI's too, but I'm sure a couple of glasses of vino will help me get over it 

[janan]

Just thinking aloud....

I think the left hand building is the original house, probably a Victorian villa - there is a sash window on the right-hand side and the middle upstairs window has sash-like proportions. As Malky suggested, I think the, possibly 1920s, bays were added, perhaps when the building was extended and changed use? It looks like the right-hand building could be a  3 stage extension - first time they mimicked the bays on the left-hand building, second bit they just added a token gable, then the tower was added last? Towers seem fairly common in old convalescent homes although I haven't found why. The cowled chimney pots suggest somewhere windy.

Have a good time Jool

[ScouseBoy]

I return from research in a Denbighshire Library,  with much more knowledge of cures and treatment for T.B, and the Llangwyfan Sanatorium.

Let me just quote from a book, please?

"The Vron Yw estate of 264 acres including a house and two cottages was purchased by WNMA  [the Hospital]  in 1930.   It was higher up the mountain than the church, and the house had been rebuilt on the site of another older house in 1916. It became the home of the medical superintendent and later became a nursing home"

Could the house in our photo be  the house  prior to  1916?

Vron Yw was occupied by Mr Behrens, a prosperous businessman, he sold it in 1930 for £7820

[Mike in Cumbria]

Could the house in our photo be  the house  prior to  1916?

Based on what?