Marigold Holme, Great House and Other Structures on Duck Lane (Great House Street), Timberscombe, likely pre 1915
Title
Marigold Holme, Great House and Other Structures on Duck Lane (Great House Street), Timberscombe, likely pre 1915
Subject
Description
A photograph of Timberscombe's Great House Street, often called Duck Lane by Timberscombe residents, at least until around the 1960's (1). Labelled "Timberscombe" on the upper left, the photograph is undated but is likely pre-1915, possibly taken by Herbert John (Bert) Hole, a photographer born in Williton in 1873. Mr. Hole took several photographs of Timberscombe (where his wife was born and where he was married) in much the same style and with the same labelling. He died in 1915 (2).
Great House is the three storey building in the photograph's centre, built c. 1740, either by William Withycombe, the owner of Bickham Manor or his tenant at the time, William Baker (3). It was rebuilt on the site of a late 17th century house, which was attached to an earlier Tudor farmhouse with medieval origins (4). Seen here are its roughcast stacks, at each gabled end of the pitched slate roof. In the later 19th century a service wing was adjoined to the left end of the house, visible here with its pyramid roof. This will later become Stable Cottage (5). Great House was Grade II Listed on the 22nd of May 1969, listing no. 1345748 (6).
Across the road, with its two stacks also visible, is Duck Cottage, said to have been built to house the gardener and butler of Great House (7). Intriguingly, between Great House and Duck Cottage is a large gas lamp, not evident in any other known photographs.
The hipped roof thatched cottage in front of Duck Cottage is Marigold Holme, believed to be 17th or 18th century and altered in the 20th century. It was either a 3 cell or 2 cell structure, built of red sandstone and ironstone (8). The ground floor has two eyebrow dormers, one appearing to be closed up in this photograph, over a bit and to the right of the cottage's stabled door. Marigold Holme was Grade II Listed (as "Marigold House") on 5 June 1985, listing no. 1175165 (9).
To Marigold Holme's right is Slade Cottage, later to be rendered. Seen on the 1843 Tithe Map, it has been suggested this house is at least as old as Marigold Holme, possibly a post-medieval mill (10).
Not visible in the photograph, a surviving portion of an imposing stone wall runs behind Duck Cottage, Marigold Holme and Slade Cottage, originally believed to be a border running from Great House to Great House Farm, situated on Timberscombe's Church Street (11).
Across the road, the row of semi-detached cottages consist of (from the western end) Veradale, Overdale and Redmayes. On the 1843 Tithe Map and the 1844-1888 Ordnance Survey Map, Redmayes appears to be a larger house, seemingly divided into three accommodations. Also on the Tithe Map, a structure, apparently divided into two parts, is visible between Redmayes and Great House. It is described as a "Mow plot & buildings" (possibly a stacking area for barley, cultivated and harvested to produce beer) and was leased to Mr. Thomas Tudball by Henry Clarke, Esquire (12). These structures are gone on the 1844-1888 map. By the 1921-1943 Ordnance Map, Redmayes appears rebuilt and reduced in size. A modern residence, The Bower, will later be erected in 1998 between Redmayes and Stable Cottage.
Thomas Tudball (1783-1851) was also the owner of Marigold Holme and Slade Cottage (13). Grace Bale lived in one of them at the time of the 1843 Tithe Map. Grace Bale, born about 1801, appears in Timberscombe on the 1841 Census, with three daughters, Ann, Mary and Hannah and one son, William. It is doubtful she paid rent to Mr. Tudball, as on the census she was listed as "Pauper", living with another family, the Webbers, also listed as paupers. They are not at the Village Poor House, which was located at the cottage later known as Church Steps Cottage, with its own listing on the 1841 Census and with different inhabitants.
Living at The Great House, on the 1843 map was the Rev. William Bailey Whitehead (14), born in 1786 at Bolton, Somerset and buried at St. Petrock's Church, Timberscombe in 1853 (15). On his burial record he is listed as "Vicar of Chard and Timberscombe" (16). William Bailey Whitehead was the vicar of St. Petrock's from 1826 to 1853 but lived in Chard before arriving at Great House in the 1840's. In the early 1800's, an appointed vicar could be absent and pay another clergyman to act as curate and attend to his church. For example in 1815, St. Petrock's was served by a clergyman from Minehead being paid 30 pounds a year by the absent vicar, Issac Knott, who lived in Northampton (17).
It is notable that when the Rev. W.B. Whitehead moved to Timberscombe, he lived at Great House. There had been a vicarage in Timberscombe, since at least the 16th century, on the northern side of the road, across from the church. By 1815 it was considered to be unfit for a vicar but with some improvements was leased to clergymen (18). On the 1843 Tithe Map, the Rev. W. B. Whitehead was listed as the landowner/lessee of the vicarage house but it is occupied by a Rev. Thomas Bealy, one of the supplementary curates. In 1962, the vicarage house was sold and was later converted into flats (19), still known as Old Vicarage.
In 1896, a new base was created for the St. Petrock's' medieval Churchyard Cross, relocated to the current position, built in the 1300's (20), as a memorial to the Rev. W. B. Whitehead, overseen by his son Charles Henry Whitehead (21), who died in 1898 (22).
This copy of the photograph was donated to the St. Petrock's History Group by Tim Collins in 2019. Another copy was donated, also in 2019, by Maurice Huxtable, a lifelong resident of Timberscombe and in 2022, another copy was donated by James Bowley of Buckinghamshire and the current owner of Yew Tree Cottage on Church Street in Timberscombe.
Great House is the three storey building in the photograph's centre, built c. 1740, either by William Withycombe, the owner of Bickham Manor or his tenant at the time, William Baker (3). It was rebuilt on the site of a late 17th century house, which was attached to an earlier Tudor farmhouse with medieval origins (4). Seen here are its roughcast stacks, at each gabled end of the pitched slate roof. In the later 19th century a service wing was adjoined to the left end of the house, visible here with its pyramid roof. This will later become Stable Cottage (5). Great House was Grade II Listed on the 22nd of May 1969, listing no. 1345748 (6).
Across the road, with its two stacks also visible, is Duck Cottage, said to have been built to house the gardener and butler of Great House (7). Intriguingly, between Great House and Duck Cottage is a large gas lamp, not evident in any other known photographs.
The hipped roof thatched cottage in front of Duck Cottage is Marigold Holme, believed to be 17th or 18th century and altered in the 20th century. It was either a 3 cell or 2 cell structure, built of red sandstone and ironstone (8). The ground floor has two eyebrow dormers, one appearing to be closed up in this photograph, over a bit and to the right of the cottage's stabled door. Marigold Holme was Grade II Listed (as "Marigold House") on 5 June 1985, listing no. 1175165 (9).
To Marigold Holme's right is Slade Cottage, later to be rendered. Seen on the 1843 Tithe Map, it has been suggested this house is at least as old as Marigold Holme, possibly a post-medieval mill (10).
Not visible in the photograph, a surviving portion of an imposing stone wall runs behind Duck Cottage, Marigold Holme and Slade Cottage, originally believed to be a border running from Great House to Great House Farm, situated on Timberscombe's Church Street (11).
Across the road, the row of semi-detached cottages consist of (from the western end) Veradale, Overdale and Redmayes. On the 1843 Tithe Map and the 1844-1888 Ordnance Survey Map, Redmayes appears to be a larger house, seemingly divided into three accommodations. Also on the Tithe Map, a structure, apparently divided into two parts, is visible between Redmayes and Great House. It is described as a "Mow plot & buildings" (possibly a stacking area for barley, cultivated and harvested to produce beer) and was leased to Mr. Thomas Tudball by Henry Clarke, Esquire (12). These structures are gone on the 1844-1888 map. By the 1921-1943 Ordnance Map, Redmayes appears rebuilt and reduced in size. A modern residence, The Bower, will later be erected in 1998 between Redmayes and Stable Cottage.
Thomas Tudball (1783-1851) was also the owner of Marigold Holme and Slade Cottage (13). Grace Bale lived in one of them at the time of the 1843 Tithe Map. Grace Bale, born about 1801, appears in Timberscombe on the 1841 Census, with three daughters, Ann, Mary and Hannah and one son, William. It is doubtful she paid rent to Mr. Tudball, as on the census she was listed as "Pauper", living with another family, the Webbers, also listed as paupers. They are not at the Village Poor House, which was located at the cottage later known as Church Steps Cottage, with its own listing on the 1841 Census and with different inhabitants.
Living at The Great House, on the 1843 map was the Rev. William Bailey Whitehead (14), born in 1786 at Bolton, Somerset and buried at St. Petrock's Church, Timberscombe in 1853 (15). On his burial record he is listed as "Vicar of Chard and Timberscombe" (16). William Bailey Whitehead was the vicar of St. Petrock's from 1826 to 1853 but lived in Chard before arriving at Great House in the 1840's. In the early 1800's, an appointed vicar could be absent and pay another clergyman to act as curate and attend to his church. For example in 1815, St. Petrock's was served by a clergyman from Minehead being paid 30 pounds a year by the absent vicar, Issac Knott, who lived in Northampton (17).
It is notable that when the Rev. W.B. Whitehead moved to Timberscombe, he lived at Great House. There had been a vicarage in Timberscombe, since at least the 16th century, on the northern side of the road, across from the church. By 1815 it was considered to be unfit for a vicar but with some improvements was leased to clergymen (18). On the 1843 Tithe Map, the Rev. W. B. Whitehead was listed as the landowner/lessee of the vicarage house but it is occupied by a Rev. Thomas Bealy, one of the supplementary curates. In 1962, the vicarage house was sold and was later converted into flats (19), still known as Old Vicarage.
In 1896, a new base was created for the St. Petrock's' medieval Churchyard Cross, relocated to the current position, built in the 1300's (20), as a memorial to the Rev. W. B. Whitehead, overseen by his son Charles Henry Whitehead (21), who died in 1898 (22).
This copy of the photograph was donated to the St. Petrock's History Group by Tim Collins in 2019. Another copy was donated, also in 2019, by Maurice Huxtable, a lifelong resident of Timberscombe and in 2022, another copy was donated by James Bowley of Buckinghamshire and the current owner of Yew Tree Cottage on Church Street in Timberscombe.
Creator
Anonymous but likely Herbert John (Bert) Hole
Date
pre 1915
Contributor
Language
English
Type
Identifier
Marigold Holme and Neighboring Houses / Timberscombe / Great House Street
Acquisition Date
2019
Acquisition Method
Gift
Category
PLACES: Village Streets / Timberscombe
PLACES: Cottages / Timberscombe
PLACES: Cottages / Timberscombe
Condition
Good
Condition Notes
Entered by Tom Sperling
Condition Date
2020
Dimension Type
W X L
Dimension Units
cm
Dimension Value
11 X 18
Institution Name
St. Petrock's History Group
Notes
(1) as recalled in 2019 by residents of Timberscombe, Wendy Hellewell and Allan Sutton (2) "Secure the shadow: Somerset photographers 1839-1939", by Robin Ansell, Alan Collier and Phil Nichols, The Somerset & Dorset Family History Society (3) Victoria County History.ac.uk (4) Historic Environment Record, Exmoor National Park (5) VCH (5) HER (6) historicengland.org.uk (7) as recounted by Shelia Ridd of Hillcrest Cottage, Timberscombe, in 2019 (8) HER (9) historicengland.org.uk (10) as recounted in 2019 by Paul Sheldon, owner of Marigold Holme (11) Paul Sheldon (12) "Survey of England Dialect: The Dictionary and Grammar", 1944, England, google.co.uk, en. wikipedia.org and The Somerset Record Office, Taunton, as collected and drawn by Mr. John Burns in February 1989 for a Timberscombe School Village History Project (13) 1851 England Census, UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current and The Somerset Record Office, Taunton, as collected and drawn by Mr. John Burns (14) Somerset, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-1914 and UK and Ireland, Find A Grave, 1300s-Current (15) 1851 England Census and Somerset, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-1914 (16) Manchester, England, Church of England, Deaths and Burials, 1858-1985 (17) VCH (18) VCH (19) VCH (20) "St. Petrock's Church Timberscombe", church pamphlet written by Marion Jeffrey, 2017 (21) 1851 England Census and as researched by Marion Jeffrey in 2020 (22) Manchester, England, Church Deaths & Burials, 1813-1985
Storage Location
St. Petrock's History Group Archive
Storage Date
2020
Storage Notes
St. Petrock's History Group PHOTOGRAPHS
Item Reference
SP-036
Technique
Copy
Citation
Anonymous but likely Herbert John (Bert) Hole, “Marigold Holme, Great House and Other Structures on Duck Lane (Great House Street), Timberscombe, likely pre 1915,” St. Petrock's History Group, accessed May 18, 2024, https://stpetrockshistorygroup.omeka.net/items/show/3263.
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