Anyone want to help me decipher the name of my house? [pic included]

[Bobkitten]

Hello all,

I’ve lived in my house over a year and only a few days ago I noticed that the concrete pillar outside our house has worn letters on it.

I’m very curious as to what they say, but try as I might, I can’t make out the word.

Any suggestions?

Chilston are a company that make architectural stonework and garden ornaments, and did used to use their company name on stone products.

There is an E on the end though. So can’t be Chilston.

It's the name of the stone masons who built the wall. We had similar in our old house so Chilstone would tie in.

Chilstone v likely though.

Chitstone

I don't think it is CHILSTONE, the kerning (space between letters) doesn't look right for IL. There would be a much smaller space between the H and I than the I and L. It should be more evenly spaced. I think CHELSTONE is more likely. Or possibly CHITSTONE.

The first letter looks C. The only other alternatives from could be G, O or Q.
The second letter is H (it's quite distinct in the second photo).
The third and fourth letters are the hardest to make out but there are 2 distinct stems (vertical lines). Based on the space between the 2 stems and the preceding and following letters, I think EL or IT (but not IL) are most likely.
The fifth to eighth letters are clearly STON
The last letter could be an E or I but I think I can make out some bars so it is probably an E.

Do a paper rubbing OP!!

I think Callstone.

As you can see the muddle bits if the S and N I think if there were an M you'd see some of the middle v of it. So I think they are Ls

Not entirely sure about the A though but definitely C LLSTONE

If you look at the clearly visible stems for the third/fourth letters and the space between them, if it were Chitstone, the I wouldn't be midway between the H and T. So instead of looking like:

CHITSTONE

Your sign would look more like with that spacing:

CHI TSTONE

@We1shBird might be on to something there. There's quite a lot of old Chilstone pots round my way (they're a local company) and they did often say chilstone on the base, does it look like there might have been a pot or ornament on there?

as for I was always baffled as to why on earth you’d fill a basement in and reduce your floor space! that's to hide the bodies of course...

Posted before I saw the second pic. Definitely Chilstone

PAPER RUBBING

Sorry, I meant CHILSTONE not CHITSTONE!

The letter spacing works for CHITSTONE or CHELSTONE but not CHILSTONE.

Don’t know if anyone has said this.... but a rubbing might help. Works really well when trying to figure out what old gravestones say?

Miston
I was wondering if the start and finish "letters" might be decorative .

Ignore that , the wet stone definitely shows an H and and E .

Can you put your postcode into this, OP, and then look up the address it might have the house name as part of your address?
www.postoffice.co.uk/postcode-finder

Would love to see a pic of the cat’s arse

As luck would have it, I do need to put the Christmas decorations back in the loft at some point...

That second letter is definitely an H. I'm going with CHITSTONE.

I don't think it is CHILSTONE, the kerning (space between letters) doesn't look right for IL

I agree

This has reminded me of the names in the Christmas card!

Was that ever resolved?

Looks like Chmstone to me-sorry!

It looks like there are remnants of serifs indicating it's a T (more worn than the later T, but still discernible), so I'm leaning toward CHITSTONE.

www.chilstone.com/

Perhaps your's was a free sample.

The second picture is so much clearer to me. I'm going with CHITSTONE, too

yours