Topic
Topic ID 6938
20/12/2012 by Marilyn
Mangrove House
A photo of Mangrove House, its a postcard I found on ebay.
It stood where Dellswood Close is now I think and was the home of the Gilbertson family before becoming a hotel.
I think it is the house featured in my earlier post trying to identify the location.
[img]../images/forum/MangroveHouse1440.jpg[/img]
This is the front and the other photo I think was taken at the back of the house with the directors and staff of G & P around 1918
http://www.hertford.net/yoursay/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6582
Replies
Reply ID 92025
06/01/2013 by Juliak
Hi Marilyn
The 3 house's in Dellswood Close were built on the gounds of 1 Hagsdell Road in 1982/3. (1 Hagsdell Road was demolished). I suppose the land of 1 Hagsdell Road could well have been originally part of the back garden to Mangrove House.
I'd love to know for sure
Reply ID 92026
06/01/2013 by Marilyn
Hi Julia
It was somewhere close there I just can't place it exactly unless of course 1 Hagsdell Road was Mangrove House...........more research coming I think!
I will have to get into County Hall Archives and check the detailed maps for that area now I have a better idea what I am looking for. The Back garden seems to have gone uphill as the original photo gives the impression that the photographer was above the group he was taking.
I remember my father using it when it was a hotel for some models from London he had at his stand in the trade fare in Hertford in the 1960's and it was that end of the road!
The maps I have are not detailed enough to be sure but when I find out I will let you know!
Reply ID 92027
06/01/2013 by Juliak
Hi Marilyn
Not that it's helps with the location but I've just looked up the old phone books on ancestry and it's listed as a private hotel up to 1964. It isn't listed between 1965 - 1975 but in 1976 it's listed under Balls Park College as a Student's Hostel.
Reply ID 92032
06/01/2013 by Marilyn
That confirms my memories.
I have it on the census up to 1911 but that does not help place it as the houses at that time up there were rather random and not in any real order on the census!
I think its the detail maps they have at County Hall we need to check its just getting up there!
4 replies