The Development of the Grange
Estate, Cobridge
Also see Rushton Grange Estate
take a 'walk' around this
area
In
1835 of John Biddulph of Burton upon Trent, the last of the senior male line
of the family, died and his estates were divided between his coheirs:
Thomas Stonor (Baron Camoys, 1839) of Stonor Park (in Pyrton parish, Oxon.).
Anthony George
Wright of Burton-upon-Trent who in 1837 assumed the name of Biddulph. They
still held it in 1840.
By
1842 the 220 acre Rushton Grange
estate had passed to Lord Camoys. Shortly afterwards he began to redevelop
the land on the east side of the estate next to Waterloo Road. Development was
first of all limited to plots immediately adjacent to Waterloo Road, though
gaps were left in the building plots to facilitate the construction of side
roads at a later date. Building began on the plots at the northern end of the
road nearest to Burslem. It is clear that Lord Camoys intended to create a
high-class residential development for middleclass occupiers.
The
first phase of development included the construction of “Camoys Terrace”
(No 184 & 186 Waterloo Road), a pair of large semi-detached houses in the
Gothic style. No 184 contained 8 rooms and No 186 7 rooms, each with a front
garden and a large rear garden plus a coach house and driveway to Waterloo
Road.
No 184 and 186 Waterloo Road
Camoys Terrace - No 184
Waterloo Road
Camoys Terrace
They
can be found on the section
from the 1878 Ordnance Survey map.
In 1851 one of the houses
was occupied by William
Kennedy, a pottery manufacturer at the Washington
works.
Four large detached villas in a late classical style were constructed
on the next four plots: Asply House, Wellington House, and Grange House (the
fourth house has since been demolished).
A gap was then left for a road which
became Bursley Street in the 2oth century. A terrace of four large villas,
“Grange Terrace”, was constructed on the next plot. That marked the end of
the development by 1851.
In the next quarter century 23 more houses were built
on the west side of Waterloo Road. With three exception these were smaller
than the previous houses but still catered for middle-class residents.
The
occupiers of some of these houses at the time of the 1881 census can be found
here. The house numbers should be related to the numbers added to
the 1878 Ordnance Survey map.
The pages
of the Staffordshire Advertiser
regularly record the sale and description of houses on Waterloo Road. For
example the following advertisement appeared on 5 March
1870:
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TO
BE SOLD BY PRIVATE TREATY, a newly erected DWELLING-HOUSE, situate 181
Waterloo-road, Burslem, containing 5 bedrooms, bathroom, and water closet
upstairs, drawing room, sitting room, kitchen, back kitchen, and well
cellared, now in the occupation of Mrs. Ford.
To
treat for the above, apply to 152 Waterloo-road,
Burslem
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Most
of these houses were not owner-occupied but let to tenants and again there are
numerous notices for houses in the Staffordshire Advertiser as on 1 October
1870:
“To be let, a good HOUSE in
Waterloo Road, Burslem, Rent £45. Apply
to Mr. James Dean, Burslem.”
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