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

[arthurk]

I've been a bit confused with the Walmer connection too. My view, which I haven't had chance to put until just now, is that the tops of the towers in the Walmer photos don't look right - either the roofs have the wrong pitch, or there isn't a pointy top at all. And I think the general consensus now is that it's not the one, possibly for other reasons which I haven't quite grasped.

Does anyone have any thoughts on my earlier suggestions that we might need to look further afield - cf schools in Hampshire and Berkshire (reply #48), and some alarmingly similar features in Cheshire (#60)?

Arthur

[Regorian]

Don't give up on Walmer just yet. Bring up St Mary's Church on Google sattelite suitably enlarged. Church orientations E - W so tower west end. South, where the photograph was taken from is at 4 o'clock roughly. Drag map up that line to show other side of St Clare Road. There is a new house/building there now but the position is right for the church tower visible between the chimney pots in the original. The plot size looks right too. The windblown trees would have been on the edge of St Clare Road.

Can't do any harm for second and third opinions etc.   

[janan]

I'm pretty sure that's another large chimney stack showing between the other ones, don't think it's a church tower. In any case even if it is a church tower this is Walmer St Mary's

http://www.walmerweb.co.uk/album-upperwalmer-1/upperwalmer-1_index.html

(scroll down)

which I don't think would fit what we can see

The outline for St Mildred's on old OS map doesn't look a fit for Cazza's house either

Jan

Sorry I'm confused I thought St Mildred's was where St Mildred's Court is now corner of St Mary's and Walmer  Castle Rd  where does St Clare Rd come into it

[Yorkslass]

I think I said on my earlier post, the OS map outline didn't fit Cazza's house.

The pic of the house I posted is what I think is actually St Mildred's - red brick house with a tower, and as I said, I think that's the tower you can see on one of the postcards.

I've given up on Walmer .... but I'm still looking.

There are thousands and thousands of pictures of houses for sale on old newspaper websites, but it's knowing what search terms to use.

"Tower" is useless, as a lot of the descriptions of the houses, and the pictures, don't even mention towers.  Perhaps they were just too commonplace.

I just can't believe that this unusual house doesn't have another picture somewhere on the web!!

Yorkslass

[groom]

I just can't believe that this unusual house doesn't have another picture somewhere on the web!!

Perhaps that is the point, it wasn't unusual or important enough for a photo to be taken other than holiday snaps?

[ScouseBoy]

IF   it was "off the Beaten track"         and IF it is still  in a remote area  not close to a public highway, it may still not be on the Street view map.

[DavidG02]

Don't give up on Walmer just yet. Bring up St Mary's Church on Google sattelite suitably enlarged. Church orientations E - W so tower west end. South, where the photograph was taken from is at 4 o'clock roughly. Drag map up that line to show other side of St Clare Road. There is a new house/building there now but the position is right for the church tower visible between the chimney pots in the original. The plot size looks right too. The windblown trees would have been on the edge of St Clare Road.

Can't do any harm for second and third opinions etc.   

Is this the house on On Street View? There is a building on the corner of St Clare and ( I think St Marys Rd) across from the church which is red brick and looks now to be a kinder or such

I am not saying IT IS in Walmer , but I am prepared to spend a little of my time looking there 

[DavidG02]

I've given up on Walmer .... but I'm still looking.


Yorkslass

No , you are Yorkslass 

 

[John915]

Good evening,

There are far too many trees and other buildings in a small area for it to be the location of Cazza's house. Also too flat so a lot of that would appear behind the house but there is nothing in view on Cazza's photo.

As both Jan and I have said, Cazza's blow up's show that to be another chimney and not a church tower behind the house.

The building behind with the hipped roof is not residential, it has no chimneys. At the time of the photo all houses would have had them.

There are a lot of windows open so warmish weather but there is also smoke coming from one chimney on the right. As the window on the right front wasn't given a bay front I think that is the business end of the house. Kitchen, pantry laundry etc. Plus WC at front right corner where soil pipe goes up the front and up the tower.

The tower would have been a viewing room to look at something, A water tank wouldn't have windows and in that era the water was probably coming straight from the well anyway. (Ours still did in the 50s although Grandad did fit an electric pump).

Having spent the day in Oxfordshire I'm now more inclined than ever towards the high weald area. Plenty of high spots, Scots Pines and remote houses although not all close to a road.

John915