Jan 30, 20192 min read
The West Cowes Sea Bathing Company, Queens Road
This stunning building is the West Cowes Sea Bathing Company. Sea water bathing was very popular in Victorian times, and to capture the...
Jan 29, 20191 min read
The Prince Regent Inn, Market Hill, Cowes
This is Regent House, Market Hill, Cowes. Now a private house, it was once the Prince Regent pub, with the original building dating back...
Jan 28, 20193 min read
Tsar Nicholas II's visit to Cowes
The is the Russian Imperial Yacht Standart which visited Cowes in 1909. In August 1909, Tsar Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia, and...
Jan 25, 20193 min read
Redferns, 41, 40 and 40a High Street, Cowes
This magnificent building is Victoria House, number 41 High Street Cowes, now the shop ‘Live Like This’. To the left are numbers 40 and...
Jan 22, 20191 min read
The Boathouse, Queen's Road, Cowes
Today’s marker pen sketch is of the Boathouse, such a beautiful red bricked building in Queens Road, Cowes. According to historian John...
Jan 21, 20192 min read
Rosetta Cottage, Cowes - a little history
This is marker pen sketch of the beautiful Rosetta Cottage, right on the seafront at Queen’s Road, Cowes. According to a leaflet Bricks...
Jan 19, 20192 min read
Windsor House, Castle Road, Cowes - a little history
This is Windsor House, Castle Road, Cowes. See history in the comments below. There were several Cowes houses known Windsor House in the...
Jan 18, 20193 min read
Blenheim House, 9 Birmingham Road, Cowes - a little history of Beken's pharmacy
This is a painting of 9 Birmingham Road, Cowes, also known as Blenheim House - how it looked around the early 1900s when it was Beken and...
Jan 16, 20192 min read
The history of Alexandra House, Birmingham Road, Cowes
This iconic Cowes building is Alexandra House, 19 Birmingham Road. Until quite recently it has been empty and boarded up. Still empty,...
Jan 15, 20191 min read
Lallows, 3 Medina Road, Cowes
Clare Lallows was established in 1867 and has been running from Medina Road ever since. They have built many boats, from dinghies, scows,...
Jan 13, 20191 min read
History of 109 High Street, Sandown, Isle of Wight
This is 109 High Street, Sandown. The earliest record of the building’s inhabitants is 1882 to at least 1888 when it was occupied by The...