Abandoned House

goodeavens · Nov 2, 2008

Came across this place quite by chance while out walking with Lucy91

Bottom of the drive

Up the drive

Top of the drive

Front of the house. Someone`s cutting the grass ?

The far side

Room for a guard dog ?

Final view, all secure. On our way

Foxylady · Nov 2, 2008

Delightful house and garden. What a lovely find!

goodeavens · Nov 2, 2008

Foxylady said:
Delightful house and garden. What a lovely find!

Yes, it`s lovely isn`t it

Kaputnik · Nov 2, 2008

strangely modern looking house to have a thatched roof on it, very nice though, wonder what's planned for it.

Foxylady · Nov 2, 2008

Kaputnik said:
strangely modern looking house to have a thatched roof on it...

I'm guessing (and this is just a guess, mind) that it was a 50's build, as they had a thing for thatched roofs to give it that country look.

escortmad79 · Nov 2, 2008

What a quaint wee house

Kaputnik · Nov 2, 2008

You could be right there, Foxy.
just seems to look a bit younger than the type of house you'd normally expect to have a thatched roof, i'd still do a swap for it, anyway! looks a great place :mrgreen:

skittles · Nov 2, 2008

wonder what story it holds

i used to have a garage like that

Dirus_Strictus · Nov 3, 2008

Kaputnik said:
You could be right there, Foxy.
just seems to look a bit younger than the type of house you'd normally expect to have a thatched roof, i'd still do a swap for it, anyway! looks a great place

In the early 1930s, a developer built a whole estate of thatched cottage style houses in Bessacarr Doncaster. However by the late 1960s many had been re-roofed in tile, and if memory serves all thatch had disappeared by the mid 70s. As for this house Foxy is probable correct, the style does look very post war 1950ish. The 'glossy ' magazines of the time were full of such designs - an attempt to bridge traditional and modern and revitalise the nation - pity the concrete box/high rise took over!

Foxylady · Nov 3, 2008

Dirus_Strictus said:
In the early 1930s, a developer built a whole estate of thatched cottage style houses in Bessacarr Doncaster. However by the late 1960s many had been re-roofed in tile, and if memory serves all thatch had disappeared by the mid 70s. As for this house Foxy is probable correct, the style does look very post war 1950ish. The 'glossy ' magazines of the time were full of such designs - an attempt to bridge traditional and modern and revitalise the nation - pity the concrete box/high rise took over!

Cheers for that info, Dirus. I wasn't sure if it was post-war or earlier, but as Kaputnik said, it does look quite modern. I find it's rather an interesting period as several architectural styles appeared one after the other quite rapidly from the 30's onwards.

smileysal · Nov 3, 2008

What a lovely building, I do like this. Looks like someones looking after it especially with keeping the grass short. A very, very nice find. Excellent pics.

Cheers,

Sal

thompski · Nov 3, 2008

Indeed the style certainly suggests 1930s or maybe even early post-war. Though I have seen examples of modern thatched roof housing.

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