Where Am I? No. 12a - Part Two of "Cazza's House"

[ScouseBoy]

I may very well be wrong in this theory, but if the house was built in stages, updated, or improved over the years, then there may not have been an architect's involvement in the design of this house. Not from scratch at least. 

I agree that the house behind is more modest dwelling, and looks like a cottage.

I suspect that it had been a bachelors or "gentlemans"  house.    He had got married, and the new mistress of the house had decided  Improvements need to be made.  The photograph was taken as a "Before"   record.

[lizdb]

Some rambling thoughts from me

This appears to be the back of the house, obviously spacious grounds, possibly with a view , tennis court space, etc.

One wonders what the front looks like, and how recognisable a photo from that side would be?
 It seems that there are one or two other buildings very close to the front of the house. (The large chimney on the left as we see it, and the plain building on the right) .  These could be part of "our" house, as in joined on to it. Or they could be buildings in the grounds of " our" house, but strange they are out the front not out the back?   Or MAYBE our house fronts on to a narrow lane and these otber buildings are actually on tbe other side of the road?

[DavidG02]

There are a few postcards of The Glen, Walmer here.  Can anyone pick out anything useful?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/walmer

Going by the quote on my post from the elderly resident about St Mildreds being '' a big red building with a tower behind St Marys'' then these 3 houses certainly look to be red brick or at least reddish in colour ( yes the postcard may be colourised) but I don't think I see a tower unless the 3rd on the right has something on the roofline. This postcard is dated 1912.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WALMER-THE-GLEN-1912-/171880388743

The above looks to be a tinted version of this photo

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WALMER-GLEN-SHOWING-St-MARYS-CHURCH-REAL-PHOTO-VINTAGE-1907-POSTCARD-/291524151950

[DavidG02]

Oooh how tantalising is this!!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Walmer-The-Beach-Kent-RP-Postcard-/201400236362

Just beyond the treeline, directly at 11.58 ,  a tower is seen to be popping out but not clear!!

[ScouseBoy]

Who would have a tower and why?

One reason would be a hobby such as astronomy or bird watching

Another reason may be for a water tank

[Yorkslass]

Wow Trish, the gables on that house are so very like the mystery house ....

DG, thanks for looking for the Walmer house - 'tis indeed tantalising.
I've seen some of those postcards, but not enough detail is there?

I've been studying this pic from "Britain from Above", but still can't see anything resembling the tower house 

http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw035427?search=Walmer%20&ref=7

Yorkslass

[still_looking]

Possibly the tower in question was from this?

http://www.walmerweb.co.uk/history/walmerplace.html

S_L

[DavidG02]

More than likely. Good find S_L 

[Rhododendron]

I'm getting a bit lost with the thread now, so I do apologise for asking whether the Walmer connection/s are now confirmed as being in all probability Cazzas house.  Or are we still looking?