Apr 4, 20191 min read
St Mary's Church, Cowes
This is St Mary the Virgin Church, Cowes near Northwood House. (scroll down for history) The original church was built in 1657 and an...
Apr 4, 20193 min read
Steinberg House, (The Caledon), Mill Hill Road, Cowes - a little history
This magnificent building is The Calendon in Cowes, now a guest house (the-caledon.co.uk), was once the home of Mr Alfred Fennings, a...
Apr 2, 20191 min read
14 High Street, Sandown, Isle of Wight - Capital & Counties Bank / Lloyds Bank
This is Number 14 High Street, Sandown, Isle of Wight, once the premises of the Capital & Counties Bank. The C&C Bank had been in Sandown...
Feb 20, 20191 min read
Sandown, IOW library - a little history
This stunning building is the Sandown Free Library. Opened in Sandown High Street, IOW in 1905, this public library was often frequented...
Feb 19, 20191 min read
2 High Street, Sandown - a little history of Martin's Library
2 High Street, Sandown, for most of the 20th century, this was Martin’s Library. Martin’s Library was established in Sandown about 1878...
Feb 7, 20192 min read
The Terrace on Victoria Parade at Cowes
This elegant building once stood on the Parade (also called Victoria Parade) in Cowes. Often called the New Terrace on postcards, it...
Feb 3, 20192 min read
The Old Captain's House, Cowes
Numbers 7, 9 and 11 Medina Road - how they looked 50 years ago (next to Lallows in Cowes). Numbers 7 on the left and 9 in the middle...
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 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...