This is Ramsgate in 1872 showing the area of Southwood including Southwood House and Steinschaenau House. The history of Southwood house has been well documented but Steinschaenau House is less well known.
The house was built by Christopher Haedy for his enjoyment and later retirement and his family lived in it until the last daughter died in 1897. He left no heir and his children all died without issue. The estate was sold in 1900 and the land became what is today Queen Bertha Road, Rawdon Road and Norman Road. The original wall of the estate is still standing as the boundary of Ramsgate Football club.. The house was so secluded no pictures of it remain. There is, maybe, a glimpse of the property in this painting by Pugin.
This depiction of Southwood area was said to have been painted in 1849 however it is less than accurate as St Augustines never had a steeple.
By 1895 the entire area had changed with the expansion of housing to the West of Grange Road.
Much of the land either side of Southwood Road had started to become built up and the building of the waterworks on land opposite the reservoir starts to become the view you have today.
By the time 1907 comes round Steinschaenau House has gone and the houses start going up in Rawdon and Clarence Roads, Norman Road starts getting built on and all the roads down to Grange Road start filling up.
You will note London Road has yet to be built but the plans are anticipated in the bottom of the segment.
Front and rear views of Southwood House
Grange Road just up from the junction with Ashburnham Road. Which incidentally is the oldest cobbled street in Ramsgate.
Southwood Stores corner of Lorne Road and Southwood Road
Windmill (now demolished) in Grange Road opposite the COOP. Note the fields opposite where the COOP is today.
Nethercourt House (now demolished) the land becomes Nethercourt Park on Nethercourt Hill.
Southwood Tavern destroyed by a fire in 2010. Stood on this site for over 100 years.
Southwood area circa 1910
More on Southwood is published here
http://www.michaelsbookshop.com/southwood/
More on Steinscheanau can be found here
http://ramsgatehistory.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/steinscheanau.html
Hi, Michael I have been watching your old Ramsgate information for some time now.The pictures and information is most helpful for my own collecting. Yours Roger.
ReplyDeleteHi Michael, My husband has lived in Ashburnham Rd, for about 22 years now. It's the big house which used to be part of the Jam Factory/French Laundry. He believes he read somewhere (Kelly's Directory), that our house was once called 'Southwood Lodge'. Unfortunately, I have not found any proof of its existence in any searches I've done on the internet. I have, however, managed to find an 'Ashburnham Lodge' in Southwood Road on a 1895 census.
ReplyDeleteDo you know if 'Southwood Lodge' did indeed exist and if it was, once upon a time, our house?