3 Castle Street

The house now known as number 3 Castle Street appears on the 1840 Tithe Map as plot number 41.  From this we can have an idea of the relative size and position of the property.  Although the current owner has been kind enough to share the information in the existing deeds of the house, we are still unable to determine when it was built and what it would have looked like originally. 

However, we have been able to trace some changes to the property. 

The first major change of which we have a record was in August 1912 when Edgar Pitcher extended the scullery and WC.  Click on the thumbnail picture on the right to get a larger image.  It is noteworthy that the two neighbouring  properties had privies at the bottom of the garden.  This house presumably had a similar arrangement originally but had a tank for waste water installed before this latest change.

The second major addition was on the 10th November 1914 when Edgar Pitcher bought land from the trustees  of H C St John deceased.  The land in question was plot number 37 on the Tithe Map and stretched from Latteridge Lane down behind the row of house to the land owned by Porch House.  The house still has an unusually large garden.

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This page was last updated: 29/01/2012