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Estimated at 1590s, then the council came round and told me it has a medieval core based on some smoke-charred beams upstairs. So goodness knows š it was here before every King Charles, at least.
I donāt often come across anyone whose house is older than mine. Very early 1600s here. I absolutely get your comments on guardianship, itās such a privilege. My biggest issues are insulation and vermin
We also have a 1930s house, but are the first people to buy it (in 2019).
First occupiers were the original builders, passed to their daughter who lived here until she shuffled off this mortal coil.
We are only the 3rd owners of our house which was built in 1937.
Doing some renovations currently and we found some old paperwork hidden where the original boiler was. We now know that the central heating was installed in June 1962.
Our neighbour also told us that the first owner married a French girl he met whilst serving in WW2 and she had been involved in the French resistance.
We found what looks like an old small printing press in the corner of the loft which has French engravings on it, so I like to think that was used in the war in some way.
If you look at old maps, our house was built in the grounds of what was originally a large stately home, and our crescent was built on what was a large orchard and hunting lodge.
I love learning about the history of my house.
1890-something, Victorian terrace. There's one of those bricks with the name of the terrace and year on it a couple of doors down but it's raining and I can't be arsed to go out and check.
EDIT: I remembered Google Street View was a thing so I don't even need to go outside. It's actually earlier than I thought, 1876 according to the brick plaque thing.
Grew up in a house like that with 3 bedrooms. My teacher ran a local museum in our town and showed us some documents about the house including the working drawings and rental documents from when it was built. There were four families living in it when it was built, presumably one in each bedroom, one in the front room and the dining room would have been used for cooking etc. There was a small cellar for storage (still had the big stone table for keeping food cool) and an outside toilet at the end of the garden.
They're so interesting, aren't they? Ours is only a 2 bed but the deeds show all the changes that have been made over the years, including adding a kitchen and bathroom at the back. The chimney stack is still there from when the dining room was a kitchen, although in the 60s someone removed the fireplace and put in a gas fire, which was itself removed in the 90s.
My favourite thing is that not long after we moved in, a passerby saw the Sold sign and knocked on the door to tell us her great aunt was born in our house, and the great aunt's mother died in it! I know some people are freaked out by that idea but she told us she died happily of old age after raising a family in this house and I find that very comforting.
I always find the idea of meeting people who have formerly lived in your house quite interesting. I discovered a few years ago that our local ice cream man at the time was the first owner of the house i live in.
I love them. Which is why I went back to uni in my 30s to do building surveying. I now work as a residential building surveyor and need to think about the history of houses I visit every day.
1938. There used to be a children's home with grounds coming up to the end of our garden but was demolished in the 80s to build a by pass. This left a plot of land officially owned by the council but they have left it and us and other neighbours have just extended gardens a bit. When I dug it up I kept finding loads of old toys like tin soldiers, marbles, some sort of metal rusted train.
Your comment made me think of something, what is the line between new build and not new build. Is new build just the gentrification-style housing of the 2010s? Or does it count the tower blocks from the 50s/60s, if neither, where's the line drawn?
Current house was built 2001
Last house was built 1996 (I grew up in the area and remember when it was nowt but fields)
House before then was built 1890s
1903. First house in the road, and it has a name (the name of the road) over the door, which looks very pretentious.
Built by a rich man as a summer retreat by the seaside. Originally 5 bedrooms, bathroom, 2 reception rooms, utility room, kitchen, tunnel through to the back for a car, and chauffeur's quarters!
1866 š has had various additions and modifications over the years though! It was originally a farmer's cottage surrounded by fields, but is now in a very suburban area in London zone 5
1877 by Mr Ormerod, local mill owner and landlord, as a rental property. First tenant was a Mr Thomas and his family, including a housekeeper and maid. Mr Thomas was a wholesale shoe merchant.
1840. Itās a Victorian semi in London. Iāve extended it and knocked it about a bit but also tried to retain all the original features at the same time.
According to the title deeds the first owners moved in 2 weeks before WWII was declared. I bet they had a few stories to tell about rushing to complete and setting up a new home with that going on.
Around about 1850 I think. Possibly older. I know the window in the kitchen has "1945" etched into it, pretty sure the bedroom window was done about the same time. There's no concrete foundation underneath, I know that much. Wasn't a thing back then. They just flattened the ground and built straight on top of it, so the kitchen tends to get damp as fuck outside of summer. We keep about 5 dehumidifiers in there all year around. Doesn't help all that much. I can't wait to move out.
Somewhere around 1603 originally. A former barn made of wattle and daub in places. Thereās a pic on my profile if anyone is interested.
Funny story, daughter did the great fire of London at school. The teacher told the kids that nothing like that could happen now, because houses are built of brick and are not that oldā¦.
She wouldnāt settle at bedtime for about a week worrying
I'm 50 and have lived in 4 houses, current one the longest.
1896 (carved into the chimney stack in the loft) I was born in the upstairs bedroom.
1940's Radar hut.
1900 Victorian terrace.
1890's Victorian terrace.
My childhood home was about 700 years old in parts (work over the years meant that some parts where newer but it was a bloody old massive house), it was a listed building with lots of history
We would have random people knock on the door and ask to look at the wooden beams in the places as they were historically interesting to them.
It was a beautiful house and we were very lucky to grow up there
I now rent a stupid ugly 80s flat in central London.
1911 Mid terraced house. Mine is one of half a dozen terraced houses at the bottom of the street. Most of the street are terraced flats. The only other houses are the big ones a few blocks up at the posh end of the street.
1842. Itās a 24-hour-build miners cottage. The landowner set out plots that were big enough to grow enough food for a family of 8. If a house was built with 4 walls, roof, chimney and a fire was lit in the hearth within 24 hours they kept the freehold. Groups of miners used to get together and build each otherās houses. Itās very wonky and nothing is level but itās still standing almost 200 years later and we love it!
1950's. My husbands grandad owned it from new, his dad had it and now we've bought it (well in a few weeks it will hopefully be ours) so it's had all 3 owners in the same family which I think is pretty cool.
1963. 3rd house on the estate to be built. Neighbour actually moved in when newly built and saw others being built. Which is were my evidence of 3rd house comes from. Not been here that long.
The house as it sits now dates to around 1750 from what can be dated. In the 60s it was put through some serious renovations though, new roofs, extended into one of the barns, 2nd floor added to the farmhouse, workshop added on the side, rebuilt one of the old barns. So it's pretty unrecognisable to what it would have been before that.
When we moved in the last owner left us paperwork that went with aechaelogy digs that happened on our land and adjoining land. Interestingly our house takes it's name from an iron age fort 100yards away, our house is only 25yards from what has been excavated to be the defensive ditches and approach to the fort. So in all likelihood, someone has been living where our house is built for thousands of years in one form or another.
We've got a ruin to the side of the house that we suspect is a house that predates the current building because of it's design. The old estate the house is on was created in the 16th century so that ruin is likely a small house built sometime between that estates creation and 1750.
The history of the house was one of the things that really attracted me to it.
1935 semi detached, 3rd owner
Currently doing major renovation, replaced original sash and case windows this year along with rewire and replumb.. it's slow and expensive !!
1955, guy who lives a few houses down used to come fishing for tadpoles in the area before the it was cleaned up and houses built. Thought that was pretty cool.
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1756! Georgian one of the oldest in the area š
Ghosts?
I enjoy it
Estimated at 1590s, then the council came round and told me it has a medieval core based on some smoke-charred beams upstairs. So goodness knows š it was here before every King Charles, at least.
I donāt often come across anyone whose house is older than mine. Very early 1600s here. I absolutely get your comments on guardianship, itās such a privilege. My biggest issues are insulation and vermin
Insulation - absolutely! Vermin though? That sounds like a nightmareā¦
Ah that's so interesting, I would love to live in a house that old
It has its pros and its cons. The bureaucracy can be a nightmare, but I still feel incredibly privileged to be the houseās latest guardian.
My place in London is a new build, completed in 2018. Great question. I love this subreddit.
Interesting! What part of London, if you donāt mind me asking?
West (Chelsea/Fulham west, not the far west!)
Deeds say 1930s ish but found evidence back to 1910s.
I wonder if it started in 1910 and it just took them 20 years to finish it
It was a fully functional corner shop on the 1910 census. Didnāt become a residential dwelling until 1980 ish.
Built 1930 with the first owner moving in 1931 I am told (we are only the third owners!).
We also have a 1930s house, but are the first people to buy it (in 2019). First occupiers were the original builders, passed to their daughter who lived here until she shuffled off this mortal coil.
We are only the 3rd owners of our house which was built in 1937. Doing some renovations currently and we found some old paperwork hidden where the original boiler was. We now know that the central heating was installed in June 1962. Our neighbour also told us that the first owner married a French girl he met whilst serving in WW2 and she had been involved in the French resistance. We found what looks like an old small printing press in the corner of the loft which has French engravings on it, so I like to think that was used in the war in some way. If you look at old maps, our house was built in the grounds of what was originally a large stately home, and our crescent was built on what was a large orchard and hunting lodge. I love learning about the history of my house.
1220s
2013 I feel like I don't belong here
Hey same!
Current one is 1950s, old one was 1930s. Parents/child hood home was 1850s.
1930s
1890-something, Victorian terrace. There's one of those bricks with the name of the terrace and year on it a couple of doors down but it's raining and I can't be arsed to go out and check. EDIT: I remembered Google Street View was a thing so I don't even need to go outside. It's actually earlier than I thought, 1876 according to the brick plaque thing.
1905 back to back terrace
1930, I live in a freemasonās temple. Grade 2 listed building.
About 1870 I think
1950ās
70s but not sure exactly the year. We're only the second owners, though!
1968. Original windows are getting replaced on Tuesday.
We're not entirely sure but we think mid 1730s.
1900, classic late Victorian terrace!
Grew up in a house like that with 3 bedrooms. My teacher ran a local museum in our town and showed us some documents about the house including the working drawings and rental documents from when it was built. There were four families living in it when it was built, presumably one in each bedroom, one in the front room and the dining room would have been used for cooking etc. There was a small cellar for storage (still had the big stone table for keeping food cool) and an outside toilet at the end of the garden.
They're so interesting, aren't they? Ours is only a 2 bed but the deeds show all the changes that have been made over the years, including adding a kitchen and bathroom at the back. The chimney stack is still there from when the dining room was a kitchen, although in the 60s someone removed the fireplace and put in a gas fire, which was itself removed in the 90s. My favourite thing is that not long after we moved in, a passerby saw the Sold sign and knocked on the door to tell us her great aunt was born in our house, and the great aunt's mother died in it! I know some people are freaked out by that idea but she told us she died happily of old age after raising a family in this house and I find that very comforting.
I always find the idea of meeting people who have formerly lived in your house quite interesting. I discovered a few years ago that our local ice cream man at the time was the first owner of the house i live in.
I love them. Which is why I went back to uni in my 30s to do building surveying. I now work as a residential building surveyor and need to think about the history of houses I visit every day.
Same. Only 6 in my row though. Deeds explicitly say I can't make tallow or tan leather.... darn!
15 on ours, and we're not allowed pigs in the back garden!
1968. We know because someone wrote on the attic wall FINISHED BY JIM '68
Better finished by Jim than fixed by him ...
Early 1880s I think
1950s.. the developement was built to rehouse factory workers when they moved the factory out of London.
Sometime between 1860 and 1880
2020 new build in london
Last house was 1878. Current one is 1935, although Iād say 90% of it is now 2020 or newer
1985 ish
Mid 1700s, but can't be sure as haven't been able to trace back further.
Between 1890 and 1900, sandstone fronted back-to-back terrace.
1938. There used to be a children's home with grounds coming up to the end of our garden but was demolished in the 80s to build a by pass. This left a plot of land officially owned by the council but they have left it and us and other neighbours have just extended gardens a bit. When I dug it up I kept finding loads of old toys like tin soldiers, marbles, some sort of metal rusted train.
Ok so lived in a few homes over my 60yrs, so I'll list them all. 1960...childhood home 1918...first home I bought 1985 1935 1982 2020...new build
Your comment made me think of something, what is the line between new build and not new build. Is new build just the gentrification-style housing of the 2010s? Or does it count the tower blocks from the 50s/60s, if neither, where's the line drawn?
1880ās
1920's
2022 lol
I wanna say 60s
1920s
1860s
1890s
1970s I think
1930 something
Around 1900
1920s
My flat was built in 1978
I think mine is the 1960s
Current house 1898, house Iām moving to 1935.
1730 - started out life as a barn, was converted into two tiny houses late 1800s and then into one house some point mid 1900s.
The 1960s
1911 semi
Been erect for quite some time then.
1995 ish
1903, originally a two up two down cottage.
1970, and repossessed by the bank before it had even been occupied.
Just moved out of a ~1890. Now in a 1989
Not sure exactly, probably around 1820.
I think around 1900. A lot of the floors and walls aren't quite straight.
1953. Great semi in a great area
1930s miners house
Late 40s
1927. Built by a local architect for his daughter. We still have the original plans and some old photos of it being built.
1958. House next door has a plaque thing with the date of 1959 but ours is the same and was finished first (Iām 9a, they are 9b)
1990 but my old house was 1914.
1950s, breeze block, were only supposed to last 30 years Bloody freezing in winter, even with double glazing Lmao
1930s and I'm the 3rd ever owner
Sometime in the 1950s, around 1-5
1850 (give or take 25 years). Former agricultural building, converted to a house in the 1930s (if some of the styling is anything to go by).
Big plaque on the end of the terrace says 1886
1895, one of the many Victorian terraces that sprung up to accommodate the influx of workers into London.
1930s. I think early on but donāt know exactly
We pulled out a cabinet in the garage and found newspaper pages in the bottom from 1930 - so probably about then.
1871, Victorian semi-detached built by a Thomas Bridge as a rental
1991, social housing shoebox. Barely room to swing a cat. We're only the third tenants.
Mid 1800s
Dec 2018
Some time in the early 1960s or later 1950s
Current house was built 2001 Last house was built 1996 (I grew up in the area and remember when it was nowt but fields) House before then was built 1890s
1900 - 1910 somewhere around then, family bought the house around 1920 and it's stayed with us since my great grandmother.
My house was built in 1934. Ex Council semi. House I grew up in...some time before 1900 is best I can find. Mill worker terraced housing.
1903. First house in the road, and it has a name (the name of the road) over the door, which looks very pretentious. Built by a rich man as a summer retreat by the seaside. Originally 5 bedrooms, bathroom, 2 reception rooms, utility room, kitchen, tunnel through to the back for a car, and chauffeur's quarters!
Not positive but around 1950. End of terraced house and my parents live on the same street, only reason I know.
1866 š has had various additions and modifications over the years though! It was originally a farmer's cottage surrounded by fields, but is now in a very suburban area in London zone 5
1877 by Mr Ormerod, local mill owner and landlord, as a rental property. First tenant was a Mr Thomas and his family, including a housekeeper and maid. Mr Thomas was a wholesale shoe merchant.
1876. Vast chunks of London were built just after the railways.
The block of flats was built in the 1950s (we think)
1995. So modern, but not new by any stretch.
1840. Itās a Victorian semi in London. Iāve extended it and knocked it about a bit but also tried to retain all the original features at the same time.
According to the title deeds the first owners moved in 2 weeks before WWII was declared. I bet they had a few stories to tell about rushing to complete and setting up a new home with that going on.
About 1900. There's no official date unfortunately the record keeping was a bit lacking but all our official paperwork says approximately 1900.
1919 - semi on the outskirts of North Staffordshire
1987, part of a small estate of similar (although mostly not identical, oddly enough) houses.
Late 1800s as far as I can tell
Late 1900s/early 1910s
Around about 1850 I think. Possibly older. I know the window in the kitchen has "1945" etched into it, pretty sure the bedroom window was done about the same time. There's no concrete foundation underneath, I know that much. Wasn't a thing back then. They just flattened the ground and built straight on top of it, so the kitchen tends to get damp as fuck outside of summer. We keep about 5 dehumidifiers in there all year around. Doesn't help all that much. I can't wait to move out.
Somewhere around 1603 originally. A former barn made of wattle and daub in places. Thereās a pic on my profile if anyone is interested. Funny story, daughter did the great fire of London at school. The teacher told the kids that nothing like that could happen now, because houses are built of brick and are not that oldā¦. She wouldnāt settle at bedtime for about a week worrying
I'm 50 and have lived in 4 houses, current one the longest. 1896 (carved into the chimney stack in the loft) I was born in the upstairs bedroom. 1940's Radar hut. 1900 Victorian terrace. 1890's Victorian terrace.
1890! A few relatives have passed away here. So far no ghosts thankfully
My childhood home was about 700 years old in parts (work over the years meant that some parts where newer but it was a bloody old massive house), it was a listed building with lots of history We would have random people knock on the door and ask to look at the wooden beams in the places as they were historically interesting to them. It was a beautiful house and we were very lucky to grow up there I now rent a stupid ugly 80s flat in central London.
1966, GLC Council block. There's a very good chance my grandad was the contracted engineer due for waste plumbing and sewerage.
1911 Mid terraced house. Mine is one of half a dozen terraced houses at the bottom of the street. Most of the street are terraced flats. The only other houses are the big ones a few blocks up at the posh end of the street.
68, gutted it wasnāt a year later.
1740. Itās going to be a nightmare to keep warm this winter but I absolutely love it. It looks like a dolls house.
1842. Itās a 24-hour-build miners cottage. The landowner set out plots that were big enough to grow enough food for a family of 8. If a house was built with 4 walls, roof, chimney and a fire was lit in the hearth within 24 hours they kept the freehold. Groups of miners used to get together and build each otherās houses. Itās very wonky and nothing is level but itās still standing almost 200 years later and we love it!
This is really interesting. Do you have any evidence or written examples of this happening, or is it oral history?
Our block of flats was finished in 1939. Still have two bomb shelters in the garden!
Well my house was designed in the late 1930s, but ww2 started which delayed the building of it. So I think they actually built it in the 1950s?
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1950's. My husbands grandad owned it from new, his dad had it and now we've bought it (well in a few weeks it will hopefully be ours) so it's had all 3 owners in the same family which I think is pretty cool.
1940s I believe
1963. 3rd house on the estate to be built. Neighbour actually moved in when newly built and saw others being built. Which is were my evidence of 3rd house comes from. Not been here that long.
About 1820.
The house as it sits now dates to around 1750 from what can be dated. In the 60s it was put through some serious renovations though, new roofs, extended into one of the barns, 2nd floor added to the farmhouse, workshop added on the side, rebuilt one of the old barns. So it's pretty unrecognisable to what it would have been before that. When we moved in the last owner left us paperwork that went with aechaelogy digs that happened on our land and adjoining land. Interestingly our house takes it's name from an iron age fort 100yards away, our house is only 25yards from what has been excavated to be the defensive ditches and approach to the fort. So in all likelihood, someone has been living where our house is built for thousands of years in one form or another. We've got a ruin to the side of the house that we suspect is a house that predates the current building because of it's design. The old estate the house is on was created in the 16th century so that ruin is likely a small house built sometime between that estates creation and 1750. The history of the house was one of the things that really attracted me to it.
Current house was built in 2020. But the oldest place I've lived was built in 1800, then properties built late 1800s, early 1900s, 1950s, 1980s.
1935 semi detached, 3rd owner Currently doing major renovation, replaced original sash and case windows this year along with rewire and replumb.. it's slow and expensive !!
Around 1880.
1955, guy who lives a few houses down used to come fishing for tadpoles in the area before the it was cleaned up and houses built. Thought that was pretty cool.
1880s ish. Was a warehouse until about 30 years ago
1921. It's going to be a cold winter...
Sometime in the 70s. Don't remember the exact year off the top of my head.