A photo walk around Cobridge, Stoke-on-Trent

The New Queen

previously named "The Queen" - on the 1878 OS map it is shown as a Hotel with a bowling green behind

The land of Henry Meakin's estate was divided into building plots and these were offered for sale by Charles Butters at the Queen’s Hotel, Cobridge, on 4 March 1879.

Arnold Bennett's home No 205 Waterloo Road

Enoch Bennett, the father of Arnold Bennett, had bought a building site on Henry Meakin’s estate for £200 in 1879 where he built a house at a cost of £900, No 205 Waterloo Road. This is a large three-storey red brick house with a façade much embellished with terra cotta. It has two bay windows at the front and six bedrooms.
There is no information about the architect but there is a good possibility that it was designed by George Ford, who was living on the other side of Waterloo Road.

photos: 2001

Name	Marr \| Age \| Sex		Birthplace	Occupation
Enoch BENNETT	M 37 M	Head	Burslem	Solicitor
Sarah A. BENNETT	M 40 F	Wife	Mottram, Cheshire	Solicitors Wife
Enoch A. BENNETT	13 M	Son	Hanley	Scholar
Frank C. BENNETT	12 M	Son	Hanley	Scholar
Fannie G. BENNETT	11 F	Daur	Hanley	Scholar
Emily V. BENNETT	9 F	Daur	Hanley	Scholar
Eliza Tertia BENNETT	8 F	Daur	Burslem	Scholar
Septimus A. BENNETT	4 M	Son	Burslem	Scholar
Emily DURBER	U 23 F	Serv	Burslem	General Domestic Servant