Another how old is this house thread?

[HouseHistoryHunter]

Shamelessly copying another thread, I’ve been trying to find out the history of this house that DH’s parents owned and we’re now renovating. Looking at it I thought it was late Victorian/ early Edwardian/ Arts and Crafts- but following a fantastic tip on another thread something seems to have been on the site in 1852. I just wonder if that was the same property.

No paper deeds given on transfer, I think the bank have misplaced them, so nothing forthcoming and I’ve been useless with finding info on Ancestry etc. I wonder if the house name has changed over the years..

It’s in East Yorkshire, so guessing not at the cutting edge of architectural innovation at the time, but what do I know?

The fireplace and its surround look out of character. No way would the original design had bare bricks.

I'm really enjoying this thread and will open the maps when I get home but it occurs to me that our house appeared on a map before it seems to have existed as the plot was bought and I presume planned (owned by an engineer and we have some very detailed plans) but not finished until some time later as they went and worked abroad. Not as long a time span as you would be looking at if appearing on plans that early but I wonder if it took a long time to build?

Lots of houses in the conservation area around us have half-hipped roofs, in fact that’s mentioned in the local authority statement, Something like - it was to make them look posher than they were! There’s nothing else with both- but lots of the Posh Edwardian houses down the road have gables and half-timbering, they seem to have been built later.

The first thing I thought was perhaps the porch was added at a later date but the two styles wouldn’t be that many years apart (Edwardian and arts and crafts were at the same time essentially)

I would say your house is Edwardian arts and crafts era . I love the arts and crafts era . The fireplaces aren’t original I’m afraid - it looks like they’ve been replaced at a later date

This was the number that came to my head. Reminds me a lot of my grandparents' house which is Edwardian.

I think it might be from
about early 1900s
This Boots building in Nottingham is a little similar with a tower and is 1903.

Looking at the OS maps and street view I'd suggest that the original Victorian house (and outbuilding?) were remodelled, but only the public facing elevation and the porch.

Perhaps the owners came into money - by selling off their land across the road for development.

This would explain the older style fireplaces (if indeed they are original).

The window glazing is a red herring as most are UPVC replacements aren't they? Although presumably attempting to replicate the Arts and Crafts style used in the remodelling.

Yes sadly most of the windows have been replaced- but the porch windows ( including the first floor) are intact, there's also some intact interior stained windows.

I think the partial redo does make sense,

Update:

I ordered a copy of the 1908 map and it has local information printed on the back. It says the house was built in the 1870s, and features overhanging half timbered gables. So sounds like the road-facing facade hasn’t changed. It looks like there was a property in 1852 but was knocked down or engulfed by the new building.

The Arts and Crafts porch is likely a later addition as @redspottedmug and @speedygreedy say.

From the 1890s a corn merchant definitely lived there, and his widow then daughter were resident until after the war.

Brilliant detective work.

How wonderful to know all that now, well done.

Have you seen the earlier 25 inch maps on-line for free yet?