Unidentified country house

[Spidermonkey]

Strange, I thought Hertfordshire. I saw some similar houses in the St Albans area but not enough detail to give a definite match.


Gadget

 


Added - but could be Thurnham Court, Maidstone, Kent.   See other thread.

The house with the crest on, is that also the house with the palm trees in the garden and FCP 1849 by the door?  In which case, it isn't Thurnham Court http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-23252601.html

[John915]

Good afternoon,

Carol may not have been far off with her post ref Belvedere house. That property was sold in 1906 and became "Royal Albert home for aged merchant seamen" . Havn't found an exact date for demolition but that area was all turned into a housing estate or three.

However, reading the newspaper ad again, that refers to a place called "Sunny-Hill, Lessness Park". Lessness park still exists as a rd in Belvedere, again all newer housing. Given that the family name is correct that could be the house but unable to find photo's as yet.

John915

[Erato]

Well I've been looking at piers for half an hour with no luck. It is quite a small pier and perhaps no longer exists.

If it is Hastings, it definitely isn't there now.

[jamie300]

Well I've been looking at piers for half an hour with no luck. It is quite a small pier and perhaps no longer exists.

If it is Hastings, it definitely isn't there now.

We've done that on the last page, it's definitely Totland Bay.

[jamie300]

If the house isn't on the Isle of Wight there was a ferry to that pier from Lymington so they could have been there on a day trip from Hampshire.

[Flattybasher9]

Like the rest, I am struggling with this one, but, there is a similarity with "The Durdans" in Epsom. I wonder if both buildings had the same architect/builder?

https://www.francisfrith.com/epsom/epsom-the-durdans-1895_35123

Malky

[StanleysChesterton]

The pier is not dissimilar to Hythe Pier.  That's a railway pier, with criss-cross metal holding it up.

If you scroll down about 1/3rd of the way down this page you'll see what I mean

http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/features/hythe_pier_railway/index.shtml

[despair]

I did wonder about that a while ago,particularly as there are Blaxlands living at Berwick Manor,Lympne,Hythe in 1911.There appears to be a building too modern(modest?) to be that(?).
Having failed to find an alternative image,and the prospect of the pier being on IOW,I stopped looking.
I might revisit that search,if only for final elimination.

Regards
Roger

[arthurk]

From a quick glance, Hythe looks rather more built up than in our photo. The pier also appears to be at Hythe on the Solent rather than Hythe in Kent.