No 4 Haslingfield Road

Hilary Roadley

Nos 2 & 4 Haslingfield Rd Jul 1965
(Lindgren- Ayles)
1885 OS map Haslingfield Rd showing 2 cottages fronting Button End
1901 OS map showing 2 cottages now fronting Haslingfield Rd
1960s Aerial photo showing barn behind No 4 Haslingfield Rd
(Leonard Beard - Barrington History Soc)
No 4 Haslingfield Rd in 2015
(Griffin)

Originally part of a large estate

Until 1804 the two Riversdale Cottages & land they stood on belonged to the estate of Edward Green. When he died in 1804 it went to his son Edward Humphreys Green (in 1850 renamed Edward Humphreys Greene De Freville). In 1868; he died then in 1885 his wife died leaving their estate to his cousin Charles’s eldest son Edward Henry Green.

In Nov 1886 John Ives bought the land with the cottages and when he died in 1891 it went to his wife, children, then grandchildren. With the death of Fanny J Ives (widow of C.J. Ives) in Nov 1924 the 2 acres of land and Riversdale (Riverside?) Cottages occupied by Jude & Chapman were sold at auction in Nov 1925. They were sold to Mr Robert Tuck (of Leagrove Cottage, Gt Shelford) for £300 free of incumbrances.

It was originally thought that the present cottages fronting Haslingfield Road were built between 1870 and 1873. However, the 1885/6 OS map has the two Riversdale Cottages facing Button End but the 1901 OS map has two cottages facing Haslingfield Rd. It may be that they were rebuilt after the Nov 1886 Ives sale.

Owner Occupiers

In Dec 1928 one of the freehold cottages (No 4- to left of adjoing No 2 in photo)) and garden at Haslingfield Rd was sold to Mr Ernest Osmund Jude of Harston, builder who already occupied the premises, for £200. Mr Jude had got a mortgage from the Harston office of the Cambridge District Order of Oddfellows Manchester Unity Friendly Society which he paid off by 1947. The cottage was sold with the right of way from Haslingfield Rd to the rear of the property conveyed over the adjoining property in occupation of Claude Chapman. There was an apple barn in the back garden seen in aerial photo until the late 80s apparently with communal access down the drive. in 1965 it was the home of Dr & Mrs Pullen.

in 1997 an extension to the property was approved – see last photo.

This page was added on 13/01/2020.

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