Before 1813 it belonged to Thomas Green and William Bayley the younger.
By 1813 -1854, Mary and John Holmartin are in residence. Followed by:
in 1855 – 1865, Thomas Pearce (Mariner)
1865 – 1889, Louisa Pearce with Robert Arnell Smith
and 1889 – 1897, Robert Arnell Smith (Master mariner)
From 1901 it appears to have stopped being used as a property for let and was lived in by the then owner.
in 1911, the Rogers family are still living here. Agnes Rogers was now widowed (aged 61) and her two daughters (aged 24 and 21) were working in the bottling department of the Henty Brewery just along the road. Her son (18) was in the motor trade.
In the 1939 Register, Agnes’ daughter Martha is still living here. She is aged 60 and not in work. She may have inherited the house (or the rental agreement) from her mother. Unfortunately there are no further records as the government wrote nothing down in wartime in case of invasion, and the 1931 census was destroyed by bombing.
Joining up with no.22
Interestingly, a brewery worker also lived at no 22. It is known that the brewery used some of the houses along the north side of the street as offices and housing and perhaps this property was one of them. The brewery lasted until the 1950s so it is possible that the decision to join the properties was a decision made afterwards when the brewery was selling of its assets. But the houses were separate up until the second world war, which confirms the conjoining of the properties was a mid to late C20 decision.
Richard Brownfield 2025