153 High Street - Pinehurst

Hart children in front of Pinehurst, 153 High St, Harston in 1923

(E Gershon)

Pinehurst between 1923-33. NB round window gone

(E Gershon)

1989. No 153 before repair.

(Deacon)

No 153 high St, 1990, after renovations

(Deacon)

No 153 High St restored Dec 1994

(Deacon)

2014. No 153

(Griffin)

2015. No 153

(Griffin)

2014. No 153 showing empty plot to the right and end of No 157 through the trees.

(Griffin)

No 153 High St, May 2016 some thinning of pine trees

(Roadley)

No 153 High St, Jan 2017

(Griffin)

The house doesn’t appear to be in 1911 census unless it is under another name so it was likely built between 1911-20.

Sheila Hart was born in Pinehurst in 1923 and later wrote about what it was like before she moved away to Hauxton in 1933: “Pine trees in front and down both sides. The lawn in front was more than big enough for two tennis courts – there was one. Orchards on one side and extensive at the rear of the house, also vegetable gardens, cow and milking sheds…some poultry and pigs. On the other side of the road there were orchards and grazing fields.” For more details about the Hart family at Pinehurst click here: Harold Baxter Hart

Kath Rayner remembers that during WW2 Pinehurst had tents and nissan huts in the grounds.

In 1989 the house was in a state of disrepair but renovated by 1990, with an extension added. Presumably 1989-90 land to the south of the house was sold for the building of 151 High Street as they share the same access road and probably helped pay for the renovation. The pine trees on that land were removed.

More recently the pine trees that gave the house its name have been thinned out.