Where Am I? No 12

[Jool]

Throw the towel in!!!    That towel is staying exactly where it is, we are not throwing it anywhere 

[Joyful]

Jool I agree Mind you No12 teeters from time to time on the edge of

my 'too hard basket' but haven't given up

Joy

[ScouseBoy]

Maybe my eyes are playing tricks but it looks like a small square church tower with some fancy stone-work border along the top. It lies between two chimneys but to me it looks like a separate structure beyond.

Could the house be a re-purposed and extended rectory or vicarage?

Venelow

I've been assuming it was another large chimney on part of the house that we can't see, but yes it could be a tower.
Yes could be a vicarage - I think it could be a re-purposed, extended and much altered large house of any kind

Do you think it could be part of a much bigger complex, like Weston Acre House. Surrey.
http://www.royalalfredseafarers.com/Images/AERIALnew.jpg
I don't think this is the one, just an example of what it could be like.
Pat

And yes it could well be much larger than it looks - there is that half-hipped building behind for instance

Jan

     I believe that it was the large country house of a wealthy businessman.   A country estate.    I have a copy from an Ordnance Survey map circa 1874  of the area which I believe shows the  "footprint"   of the mansion. I will print it off tomorrow,  and try to line it up  to get an indication  of that further building behind the chimneys

[Ruskie]

Hey Scouseboy, I think it goes without saying that it was a large country house belonging to someone wealthy. 

It's original purpose may have changed over the years but it would have started out as a house ...

Regarding the map. It may not be worth you printing it out. There are many Ordnance Survey maps online via the NLS. The side by side facility is very useful for comparing the 'then' and 'now'. I need to check coverage though ....  The trouble is with viewing plans is that we don't know the layout/plan of Caz's house. There may be more buildings behind for example which we can't see ... or as many suggest, this may since have been extended or substantially altered.

Presumably the "mansion" you are referring to is that Welsh nursing home? 

[Ruskie]

Hi Rootschatters

I've read through the forty odd pages on this house
Maybe my eyes are playing tricks but it looks like a small square church tower with some fancy stone-work border along the top. It lies between two chimneys but to me it looks like a separate structure beyond.

Could the house be a re-purposed and extended rectory or vicarage?
but don't see any mention of the structure behind the house that also looks like a tower. I mean the the one beyond the ivy covered chimney and the roof-line behind it.

Venelow

On Page 12 reply 106 you will see a closeup of this area and it appears to be chimneys. 

[Ruskie]

Here you go Scouseboy:
http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/sidebyside.cfm#zoom=16&lat=53.1855&lon=-3.3162&layers=171&right=BingHyb

I am not sure if the location of your nursing home as suggested by Google is completely accurate, but you will see there is nothing on that site on this map.

Added: I see google's suggested location was not accurate and I have discovered the entrance to the nursing home right beside the church. And yes, there is a structure on the site on the old map.
The layout of that house as it existed then and as it exists now does not bear any resemblance to Caz's house. (Image of nursing home was posted earlier by Jen I believe)

I'm giving this up now (I should have done so ages ago  ). I feel like too much time has been spent trying to prove you wrong Scouseboy, when it would be better spent trying to find the true location of the house.

[groom]

What a brilliant site Ruskie - I've bookmarked that.

[Ruskie]

What a brilliant site Ruskie - I've bookmarked that.

It's wonderful isn't it. I used to spend hours trying to compare old maps with current maps to find the location of some building, and the side by side feature has made that so much easier. You can use your cursor to outline a building or a street to see how much they have altered. I love it. 

[groom]

 I found the field my house was built on! I see you can also change the maps to see how it altered over the years. Guess what I'll be doing tomorrow!