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by Wendy Cope
The Grange - Rev. Samuel Davies decided to build a new house on his property, which would be more in keeping with his position and chose a site nearer the turnpike road, with good sea views.
West Cross Estate -In 1945 Swansea Council planned the estate to help overcome the shortage of housing and eventually compulsorily purchased Grange Farm.
by Wendy Cope
Bellevue House -This house was possibly built about 1860 on land leased from the Duke of Beaufort. In 1865 it was owned and lived in by 28 year old John Ivor Evans and his wife Henrietta. He was an accountant with an interest in property.
by Wendy Cope
Photo: West Cross House, in 1988,
from Louise Prosser Brock
Now the site of the Welsh School -
Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Llwynderw
In June 1807 West Cross House was advertised as being for sale together with 12½ acres of meadow, now occupied by Grange and St. David’s schools. The estate was bought by Henry Andrews who lived at Norton Villa.
By Wendy Cope
Longfields House
© West Glamorgan Archives, Ref: D/D LA 5/1By Wendy Cope
The house we know as Longfields is one of a pair built probably in the early 1850s. The other house was known as Cae Hir, which is Welsh for long field, which was the name of the long and narrow field on which they were built.
By Wendy Cope
Norton House - This elegant house was built in 1790 to a high standard and a secret place was hidden behind one of the corner cupboards in the library and under the courtyard is an iron stair leading to an underground room and passage which, it was rumoured, led to Oystermouth castle . . .
by Wendy Cope
Bath House - On the corner of Mumbles Road and Norton Road is a terrace of three houses which were built as gentlemen’s residences and in June 1856 William Jordan opened one of them as a lodging house . . .
by Wendy Cope
At the beginning of February 2014, demolition work began on Glyn Cerrig (or Glyncerrig). This article charts its history over some 160 years, for over a century occupied by the Lloyd-Jones family.
By Wendy Cope
by Wendy Cope
By Wendy Cope
Llwyn-y-Mor - On Caswell Road between the Village Hall and the top of Caswell Hill stand the blocks of flats called Llwyn-y-Mor. These flats are built on the site of a Victorian house, also called Llwyn-y-Mor.
The house was probably built about1863 and was the largest house in the area.
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