Timberscombe, c. 1965, From a Northeastern View
Title
Timberscombe, c. 1965, From a Northeastern View
Subject
Description
A photograph of Timberscombe, used as a postcard, labeled "TIMBERSCOMBE 2" at it's bottom centre. Listed on ebay in 2019, the postcard is identified as a "Real Photo" postcard, publisher unknown. It was described as being produced in 1965. Another photograph labeled "TIMBERSCOMBE 1" can be viewed at item reference SP-003, likely published at about the same time.
Another ebay listing describes another copy of the same postcard that is visible here, as postmarked 1969 and being sent from Sunnyside, a house in Timberscombe. Sunnyside would have just been cut off from this photograph. It is located immediately to the right of the larger white house (with the three evenly spaced chimneys) on the photograph's lower right corner. The white house is the site of Nos. 1 and 2 Meadow View, built in 1947 by Frank Huxtable (1).
The photograph focuses on the northeastern side of the village, with a good view of the main road approaching the village from Dunster, entering on the lower right corner. Opposite Nos. 1 and 2 Meadow View, the rooftop of a row of bungalows, containing Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 Orchard Bungalows, is visible. The slope of Croydon Hill, in the foreground, cuts off most of what would be seen left of the bungalows but in the late 1970's, another road, Orchard Way, will be completed, housing ten more bungalows, originally built for the elderly (2).
Past the rooftop of the Orchard Bungalows, what appears to be a concrete slab is visible. In the 1990's two red sandstone cottages will be built here, Cornerstones and Athelstan (3). As the road continues past the concrete, Linhay Cottage is visible (with chimneys on each end of the roof). Linhay is the beginning of a row of four semi-detached properties. The second is the former Rose & Crown, a pub that was operating in 1825 (4), dating this row to before that time. The Rose & Crown lost its license in 1915, later becoming a dwelling formerly named Wellum, still later becoming Game Cottage. In 2022 its name became Rosemont House. Not visible from this angle is Ivy Cottage and the fourth residence in the row, seen jutting back into the road, was Timberscombe's first Post Office, established in 1844, remaining here until c. 1935. Originally it was Berrowcote Cottage, later called Burrow Cottage (5) and in 2022, again became Berrowcote.
As viewed in this photograph, the road can be seen curving left into the village, past Berrowcote, being Brook Street at this point and then becoming Church Street, leaving the village to the left of St. Petrock's Church, visible on the centre left edge of the photograph. Timberscombe will have to wait until 1989 for a village bypass (6). That will alter the road as seen here, just past No. 1 and 2 Meadow View, cutting across the fields on the right side of the photograph, continuing in the direction of Cutcombe and Wheddon Cross. In front of the semi-detached row, from Linhay Cottage to Berrowcote, the road visible in this photograph will be narrowed, becoming more like a pavement. A village green will be established here, with the new bypass (part of the A396) on its right side. It will be called Brewer's Green, named after the Brewer family who will donate the land (7).
To the right of the final visible former curve of the former road, a building with a pyramid-styled roof is visible, with a three storey building past it. The lower building was Ernie's Garage, run by Mr. Ernest Humphrey (8). The taller building was the Old Vicarage, which in the 1970's will be converted into flats (9). By the later 1980's, Ernie's Garage will be gone and the area around it will be used for new residences, known as Vicarage Court, opening in November 1988 (10).
The white house, across the road to the right of the Old Vicarage, is The School House, built in 1805, to house the schoolmaster, with Timberscombe School semi-detached to it's back left side (11). It fronts the road called Bemberry Bank. Three larger houses, each containing two residences, are set back from this road, which were completed by 1929. A fourth house, Embellewood will be built to their right, c.1989 (12).
To the left of the Old Vicarage, is a lower gabled building facing north and south. This is the barn to Kiln Farmhouse, a 18th/early 19th structure. It and the Old Vicarage are at the western end of Jubilee Terrace, a centre of the village road (before it becomes Bemberry Bank) completed by 1887 (13). Jubilee Terrace's eastern end is the tall two storey building, No. 2 Jubilee Terrace, with a solitary chimney in it's centre roof. This faces the main square of Timberscombe. Of interest, to the immediate left of No. 2 Jubilee Terrace is white gabled end of a building with a dark arched window, almost looking like a church from this distance. This is a left side section of The Lion, the village pub. The Boot, an earlier pub, was operating here in 1820, becoming The Lion in 1841 (14). This arched window appears open in this photograph. In other earlier and later photographs, it is enclosed, only leaving decorative moulding to indicate its existence.
Back to the western end of Jubilee Terrace, the Village Hall is visible between the Kiln Farmhouse barn and the Old Vicarage. Established in an east to west position in 1964, it will be refurbished to a south to north direction in 1976 (15). The two large buildings behind it and to its right are The Glebe, housing added on former rectory land of St. Petrock's Church in 1956 (16). Part of the church graveyard is to it's left. Behind and to the left of The Glebe is a detached white house, alone in a field. It was built in 1963, also called the Vicarage. (17). There have been three former vicarages in Timberscombe--the third is to the left of the church, out of the view of this photograph. The Vicarage visible here is later renamed Furze View.
Another ebay listing describes another copy of the same postcard that is visible here, as postmarked 1969 and being sent from Sunnyside, a house in Timberscombe. Sunnyside would have just been cut off from this photograph. It is located immediately to the right of the larger white house (with the three evenly spaced chimneys) on the photograph's lower right corner. The white house is the site of Nos. 1 and 2 Meadow View, built in 1947 by Frank Huxtable (1).
The photograph focuses on the northeastern side of the village, with a good view of the main road approaching the village from Dunster, entering on the lower right corner. Opposite Nos. 1 and 2 Meadow View, the rooftop of a row of bungalows, containing Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 Orchard Bungalows, is visible. The slope of Croydon Hill, in the foreground, cuts off most of what would be seen left of the bungalows but in the late 1970's, another road, Orchard Way, will be completed, housing ten more bungalows, originally built for the elderly (2).
Past the rooftop of the Orchard Bungalows, what appears to be a concrete slab is visible. In the 1990's two red sandstone cottages will be built here, Cornerstones and Athelstan (3). As the road continues past the concrete, Linhay Cottage is visible (with chimneys on each end of the roof). Linhay is the beginning of a row of four semi-detached properties. The second is the former Rose & Crown, a pub that was operating in 1825 (4), dating this row to before that time. The Rose & Crown lost its license in 1915, later becoming a dwelling formerly named Wellum, still later becoming Game Cottage. In 2022 its name became Rosemont House. Not visible from this angle is Ivy Cottage and the fourth residence in the row, seen jutting back into the road, was Timberscombe's first Post Office, established in 1844, remaining here until c. 1935. Originally it was Berrowcote Cottage, later called Burrow Cottage (5) and in 2022, again became Berrowcote.
As viewed in this photograph, the road can be seen curving left into the village, past Berrowcote, being Brook Street at this point and then becoming Church Street, leaving the village to the left of St. Petrock's Church, visible on the centre left edge of the photograph. Timberscombe will have to wait until 1989 for a village bypass (6). That will alter the road as seen here, just past No. 1 and 2 Meadow View, cutting across the fields on the right side of the photograph, continuing in the direction of Cutcombe and Wheddon Cross. In front of the semi-detached row, from Linhay Cottage to Berrowcote, the road visible in this photograph will be narrowed, becoming more like a pavement. A village green will be established here, with the new bypass (part of the A396) on its right side. It will be called Brewer's Green, named after the Brewer family who will donate the land (7).
To the right of the final visible former curve of the former road, a building with a pyramid-styled roof is visible, with a three storey building past it. The lower building was Ernie's Garage, run by Mr. Ernest Humphrey (8). The taller building was the Old Vicarage, which in the 1970's will be converted into flats (9). By the later 1980's, Ernie's Garage will be gone and the area around it will be used for new residences, known as Vicarage Court, opening in November 1988 (10).
The white house, across the road to the right of the Old Vicarage, is The School House, built in 1805, to house the schoolmaster, with Timberscombe School semi-detached to it's back left side (11). It fronts the road called Bemberry Bank. Three larger houses, each containing two residences, are set back from this road, which were completed by 1929. A fourth house, Embellewood will be built to their right, c.1989 (12).
To the left of the Old Vicarage, is a lower gabled building facing north and south. This is the barn to Kiln Farmhouse, a 18th/early 19th structure. It and the Old Vicarage are at the western end of Jubilee Terrace, a centre of the village road (before it becomes Bemberry Bank) completed by 1887 (13). Jubilee Terrace's eastern end is the tall two storey building, No. 2 Jubilee Terrace, with a solitary chimney in it's centre roof. This faces the main square of Timberscombe. Of interest, to the immediate left of No. 2 Jubilee Terrace is white gabled end of a building with a dark arched window, almost looking like a church from this distance. This is a left side section of The Lion, the village pub. The Boot, an earlier pub, was operating here in 1820, becoming The Lion in 1841 (14). This arched window appears open in this photograph. In other earlier and later photographs, it is enclosed, only leaving decorative moulding to indicate its existence.
Back to the western end of Jubilee Terrace, the Village Hall is visible between the Kiln Farmhouse barn and the Old Vicarage. Established in an east to west position in 1964, it will be refurbished to a south to north direction in 1976 (15). The two large buildings behind it and to its right are The Glebe, housing added on former rectory land of St. Petrock's Church in 1956 (16). Part of the church graveyard is to it's left. Behind and to the left of The Glebe is a detached white house, alone in a field. It was built in 1963, also called the Vicarage. (17). There have been three former vicarages in Timberscombe--the third is to the left of the church, out of the view of this photograph. The Vicarage visible here is later renamed Furze View.
Creator
Anonymous
Source
Date
c.1965
Contributor
Language
English
Identifier
Overhead view / Timberscombe Village
Acquisition Date
2019
Acquisition Method
Gift
Category
PLACES: Timberscombe
Condition
Good
Condition Notes
Entered by Tom Sperling
Condition Date
2020
Dimension Type
W X L
Dimension Units
cm
Dimension Value
12 X 19
Institution Name
St. Petrock's History Group
Notes
(1) as recalled in 2020 by Mr. Archie Dyer, a longtime resident of No. 2 Meadow View (2) Victoria County History. ac.uk (3) as recalled by Shelia Cole, owner of Cornerstones in 2019 (4) VCH (5) TimberscombeVillage.com/History of Timberscombe/Other Historic Structures/ History of the Post Office, written by Tom Sperling (6) VCH and as recalled in 2018 by Wendy Hellewell of The Bracken, Hole's Square, Timberscombe (7) VCH and as recalled in 2018 by Sarah Hill of Minehead and who grew up in Timberscombe (8) as called by Roger Fewlass of Tiki Cottage , Timberscombe, in 2019 (9) VCH (10) Somerset County Gazette, Friday, April 14, 1989 (11) "ST PETROCK'S CHURCH TIMBERSCOMBE", by Mrs. Kathleen Willis, August 1964, donated by the Timberscombe School in 2019 (12) as recalled in 2019 by Andy and Sarah Heard, owners of No. 6 Bemberry Bank, Timberscombe (13) VCH (14) VCH (15) TimberscombeVillage.com/History of Timberscombe/Other Historic Structures/Village Hall History, by Lesley Webb (16) VCH (17) auction flyer by Cluttons for the sale of the Vicarage in 1981
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Storage Location
St. Petrock's History Group Archive
Storage Date
2020
Storage Notes
St. Petrock's History Group PHOTOGRAPHS
Item Reference
SP-004
Technique
Copy
Collection
Citation
Anonymous, “Timberscombe, c. 1965, From a Northeastern View,” St. Petrock's History Group, accessed May 5, 2024, https://stpetrockshistorygroup.omeka.net/items/show/3268.
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