67 Station Road, Heacham
Posted by Sally Bonfield
Photo by Sally Bonfield
The Cot, 67 Station Road, Heacham, PE31 7EY is my home (pictured) and I am about to start researching its origins. I would like to ask our local population if they can supply some of its historical information. From the land registry details it is hard to ascertain when the house was built. There is a covenant on the house between Holcombe Ingleby, whom I believe was the master at Sedgeford Hall and Mabel Studdert-Kennedy, whom I believe was living in the house during 1910 when she purchased the land to side of my property, which we refer to as The Orchard. It seems she bought the land to put a dwelling in place, but this never happened.
I cannot trace her on the 1901 census, and accordingly 67 Station Road does not exist in its current form. I have always thought that since the house has 3 chimney’s it may have been 3 cottages in its original format, and there are 1,2, & 3 Caley Cottages, where I would have expected 67 Station Road to be in the census. However, since they are called Caley the obvious choice is that they would be tied cottages to Caley Hall!!
Does any one know when the house was built, and by whom? What I can say is that whoever did design it was a culinary intellect! The house gets the sun from the back courtyard in the mornings, to the front garden in the afternoons and in the Orchard of the evenings, leaving the pantry on the Northern most side of the house, as the coldest point throughout the day. Pure genius prior to refrigeration!
I would welcome any information that anyone may have to share. Please contact me on SallyannBonfield@aol.com
Thanking you all in anticipation of your assistance in this matter.