Radcliffe House
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| Postal Code | TN37 7EU |
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| Electoral/Planning Ward | SILVERHILL Pre May 2018 |
The first record of Radcliffe House in the press is in 1875, when a birth announcement for a daughter born to Mr. G. B. Clement's wife[1]. A pony is offered for sale from this address and that of 4 South Colonnade in 1888, possibly a business address of the occupant[2]. At this time, 4 South Colonnade is occupied by Mr. Henry Parks, a butcher, who was known for running agricultural shows during this period. In 1889, there then appear a number of advertisements for a cook, with with the name of Mrs. Parks being given as the respondent[3]
By 1903, there appears an occupant by the name of Mr. Eley, who advertised for an apartment in the Ashford area[4]. In 1906, there then appears a record of the secretary of the local branch of Dr. Barnardo's Children's Homes, a Mrs. Forrester[5]. Between 1928 and 1938, much of the frontage of Sedlescombe Road North had been filled with housing, removing the previous isolation in which the building originally stood[6], and to the rear, King Edward Avenue in 1937[7]. A garage was added to the property by Mr. W. H. Young during 1923[8], possibly in response to the increased crowding on the street-scene. Mrs. Young then listed a vacancy for a house-keeper to cater for a family of three in 1939[9]
Becoming a girls school known as the Radcliffe House School under the tutelage of L. M. Spiers during 1946[10]; this giving rise to some concerns about the situation of a bus stop near the school in St Helen's Road[11], the Bal Edmund School for Girls and Kindergarten moved into Radcliffe House in 1954[12]. In the same year, Bal Edmund school reverted to its former name of 'The Orchard School', specialising in speech training[13]. Interspersed with the schools, there is a note of an Executor's request for creditors of Mr. John Arthur Ellis, who died on the 19th of March 1953 whilst being registered as living at the property[14] The building was demolished and re-developed into Radcliffe Close
References & Notes
- ↑ Hastings & St Leonards Observer 5 June 1875 pg. 8
- ↑ Hastings & St Leonards Observer 23 June 1888 pg. 8
- ↑ Hastings & St Leonards Observer 31 August 1889 pg. 8
- ↑ Hastings & St Leonards Observer 4 July 1903 pg. 8
- ↑ Hastings & St Leonards Observer 16 June 1906 pg. 7
- ↑ National Library of Scotland mapping
- ↑ King Edward Avenue
- ↑ Hastings & St Leonards Observer 7 July 1923 pg. 10
- ↑ Hastings & St Leonards Observer 25 March 1939 pg. 22
- ↑ Hastings & St Leonards Observer 15 June 1946 pg. 10
- ↑ Hastings & St Leonards Observer 8 November 1947 pg. 4
- ↑ Hastings & St Leonards Observer 1 May 1954 pg. 10
- ↑ Hastings & St Leonards Observer 11 September 1954 pg. 10
- ↑ Hastings & St Leonards Observer 18 April 1953 pg. 8
