Montpelier Road (South of Western Rd) by Debbie Lakin 6 November 2016Does anyone know what was behind the old Plumbers/Debenham store ? And what was on the site of Osprey House? Many thanks3 replies Re: Montpelier Road (South of Western Rd) by Geoffrey Mead 6 November 2016Sillwood Hall is the grand building in Western Terrace behind the store, formerly the home of Sir David Scott a director of the East India Company it takes its name from Sillwood in Berkshire, Scott’s family home. It became a hotel at the end of the 19th century and after WWII was used by Plummer Roddis as a warehouse. Permission to demolish was refused and it was left to rot away, squatted and burnt before being saved in the nick of time by a local developer John Regan who turned it into luxury apartments. The area of Osprey House I think was the site of the Starlight Rooms and a terrace of old lodging houses. Re: Montpelier Road (South of Western Rd) by Debbie Lakin 6 November 2016Thanks very much for the information. My family were boarding house keepers in the early 20th century so that makes sense. My 2 x Great Grandfather Elijah Parry also had a boarding house in Oriental Place, numbers 22 23 and 24. This is on the 1911 census Re: Montpelier Road (South of Western Rd) by Geoffrey Mead 7 November 2016Kelly’s 1914 has Elijah Parry and Henry James, boarding house[Sans Souci] at 22-24 Oriental Place Add your replyHiddenAdd your title Add your wordsWould you like to add some images (optional)? If so, how many images would you like to add? 1 2 3 4 5 6Your image files will be uploaded when you submit this form. They should be .jpg or .png files. The maximum filesize is 5Mb.First imageAccepted file types: jpg, jpeg, png, gif.FileTitleSecond imageAccepted file types: jpg, jpeg, png, gif.FileTitleThird imageAccepted file types: jpg, jpeg, png, gif.FileTitleFourth imageAccepted file types: jpg, jpeg, png, gif.FileTitleFifth imageAccepted file types: jpg, jpeg, png, gif.FileTitleSixth imageAccepted file types: jpg, jpeg, png, gif.FileTitleAbout youFinally, please tell us a few details about you, so we can contact you about your contribution if we need to. We won't use your contact details for any other purpose.Your name First Last Your e-mail address* SubmitThat's all. Thanks very much. You now just need to agree to our Terms of Use and press the Submit button. After that, please wait until your contribution is uploaded. You'll then see a 'Thankyou' page.Terms of Use* I accept this website's Terms of Use (opens in new window) and confirm that the material I am uploading does not infringe the copyright of any third party.Privacy* I consent to my name and e-mail address being stored along with this contribution, and to the website editors communicating with me by e-mail about the contribution if necessary. My name may be published alongside the contribution on the website, but my e-mail address will not be published. My information will not be shared with any third party (see our Privacy Statement - opens in a new window). *Δ Share thisFacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedin
