1 Rosemary Lane

(In the Appreciation as "1 Rodden Row")


(Scheduled in the 1974 Village Plan as a building which the Secretary of State had agreed to include in the statutory list as " Rosemary Lane and adjoining barns", having formerly been included in the supplementary list.)

This was never 1 Rodden Row (that's the Swan Inn) ~ but compare the early 20th century photograph (right), with the contemporary view in the right-hand photograph above, and you can see how the movement of the little Regency-style porch over the years might have prompted the confusion, once it found a new home when the house that was always 1 Rosemary Lane was incorporated into the end section of the Rodden Row terrace.

The building on the right, now part of the house, was once one of the village bakeries, run by Charles Toms (left) from at least 1903 to 1939: it is still possible to see where the old ovens stood.

Further up Rosemary Lane, was a garage, and next to it a lean-to shed where Mr Toms kept his horse and cart for the rounds of the village. Like all traditional bakers, Mr Toms opened his ovens as they cooled over the weekend to his neighbours for their Sunday roast.

(Many thanks to Daphne Sheppard and Rosemary Rees for the loan of the two photographs.)


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