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Clawdd Farm, Caerleon, Newport | 18TH JUNE 2016
Clawdd was posted on December 24th 1907 - just a few months after the house was completed. The deeds dated 22 May 1907 show that the land (19 acres) was leased to Mrs Anne Evelyn Lyne, 'the wife of Ernest Lewis Lyne' a land agent. The thirty pounds a year ground rent was paid to the 'Charity called The Church Lands in the Parish of Christchurch'. One of the conditions was that at least one thousand five hundred pounds was to be spent erecting the house and stables - a large sum of money for those days. The deeds also stipulated that the property was to be painted inside every ten years and outside every five.
The 1901 census shows the Lyne family living at 'Bryn Gomer' Pontrhydron (nowadays north Cwmbran). However Johns' 1901 directory states that Ernest Lyne, JP, was living at 'Gwaun y ffynon', Caerleon. We think this was on the outskirts of Caerleon on the Ponthir Road. According to local folklore the family were living at 'Pollards Well' not long after this; the land was required for building the hospital, and Ernest Lyne was paid a large sum of money to vacate property. P.S sorry about the bad quality photos. They were taken on my phone.
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Outbuildings just off Bulmore Road
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Clawdd was posted on December 24th 1907 - just a few months after the house was completed. The deeds dated 22 May 1907 show that the land (19 acres) was leased to Mrs Anne Evelyn Lyne, 'the wife of Ernest Lewis Lyne' a land agent. The thirty pounds a year ground rent was paid to the 'Charity called The Church Lands in the Parish of Christchurch'. One of the conditions was that at least one thousand five hundred pounds was to be spent erecting the house and stables - a large sum of money for those days. The deeds also stipulated that the property was to be painted inside every ten years and outside every five.
The 1901 census shows the Lyne family living at 'Bryn Gomer' Pontrhydron (nowadays north Cwmbran). However Johns' 1901 directory states that Ernest Lyne, JP, was living at 'Gwaun y ffynon', Caerleon. We think this was on the outskirts of Caerleon on the Ponthir Road. According to local folklore the family were living at 'Pollards Well' not long after this; the land was required for building the hospital, and Ernest Lyne was paid a large sum of money to vacate property. P.S sorry about the bad quality photos. They were taken on my phone.
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Exterior
Outbuildings just off Bulmore Road
Interior
