Property description
ENTRANCE PORCH Double glazed front door, double glazed front and side windows, quarry tiled floor, meters/fusebox.
ENTRANCE HALL Part glazed internal door, radiator, staircase to first floor, coved ceiling.
SITTING ROOM Two double glazed front windows, radiator, glazed sliding double doors to dining room.
DINING ROOM Double glazed internal rear window, double radiator, understairs storage cupboard.
KITCHEN Double glazed rear window, side internal window, part glazed side door to lean to. Range of base and wall units with laminated worktops and inset sink/drainer. Plumbing for washing machine, space and gas point for cooker.
LEAN TO Part glazed side lit door to rear garden.
LANDING Overstairs storage cupboard, loft access.
BATHROOM Double glazed rear window, pedestal basin, low level W.C, panelled bath, radiator, linen cupboard with wall mounted Worcester gas combination boiler.
BEDROOM 2 Double glazed rear window, double radiator, picture rail.
BEDROOM 1 Two double glazed front windows, radiator.
REAR GARDEN 50ft x 15ft10 - west facing
Primarily laid to patio, with beds and borders. Potting shed, fences to both sides, gated access to rear lane and garage.
SINGLE GARAGE 16ft x 8ft internal measurements
Up and over door, light and power, double glazed rear window. Hardstanding to front onto private rear access lane.
HISTORICAL NOTES We understand both Mayfield & Maybrick Rds were named after Thomas May, who established the Victoria Brick and Tile Co near Dartmouth Avenue in 1887. His brickworks was connected to the Somerset and Dorset Railway railway (now the Linear Park) by a siding known as May's Siding. Houses in Mayfield Rd were constructed from 1892-3, with 14 built by the end of 1893. At first date of occupation, the residents were;
1. Tom Thomas (plumber)
2. Thomas Sherring (draper)
3. George Andrews (policeman)
4. John Haywood (goods foreman)
5. Thomas Malcomber (brewers agent)
6. Henry Witts (iron turner)
7. Frederick Rapsey (policeman)
8. George Anstee (policeman)
9. George Pristo (carter)
10. William Snow (porter)
11. James Hobbs (carter)
12. Henry Parratt (pattern maker)
13. Frank Carter (traveller)
14. John Clow (lay reader)
By 1894, the remaining houses up to No25 were occupied. Of the above residents, five had changed but the road still had three policemen resident as well as two masons, two carpenters, three furniture makers and three GWR employees.
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