Debourne Lodge

Posted by Mrs Jackie Walder on Tuesday, 8th May 2012, 17:25

Hello folks it’s the lady from Kent again. Just a quick question. Does anyone know anything about a house called Deborn/Debourne Lodge that was situated somewhere near or opposite the house with the round roof near Three Gates. Apparently my late husband’s Grandmother Beatrice Jenkins lived there at some point. It may have been a toll house for the road. I am going on a letter I received from a distant relative who is in her late 80s so I may have got the spelling wrong.
Thanks in advance for any help given.
Mrs Jackie walder
Rainham,
Kent

Posted 27th July 2011

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Nancy Frey says:

Tuesday, 8th May 2012 at 17:27

I’ve recently discovered that Mary DAVIDGE was the Gatekeeper at the Debourne Toll House in the 1871 Census. Can anyone give me any further information on the Toll House?

Is it still there? If not, where exactly was it?

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Angela says:

Wednesday, 27th July 2011 at 12:46

Cowes Heritage featured this house as part of their History of Northwood House & Park Exhibition. The Cowes Heritage website is
http://www.cowesheritage.co.uk/
I am sure if you contacted them they would be delighted to hear from you.
Cheers
Angela

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Mrs Jackie Walder says:

Wednesday, 27th July 2011 at 12:46

Thank you barry for that snippet I am grateful for any info. about the village
Cheers Mrs Jackie Walder ,Kent

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Barry Sowerby says:

Wednesday, 27th July 2011 at 12:45

Debourne Lodge is situated on the opposite corner to the ‘Round House’.
I quote
In 1813 George Ward represented Northwood on the Highways Commission and when it was decided two years later that two turnpikes were to be erected at West Cowes, Ward built the toll house at Debourne Bunny – the Round House – which he let to the Highways Commissioners for 20 years. In 1967 the County Surveyor decided The Round House was a traffic hazard and ordered its demolition but it was saved after a public outcry. Also at the Park’s south west entrance, opposite the Round House, stands the picturesque though modified Debourne Lodge. Both were probably designed by George Repton, an architect son of Humphrey who worked for Nash. The original carriage drive to Northwood House entered the park beside this lodge and went through what is now an estate of houses towards a classical walled forecourt the Rotunda entrance to the House.

Barry Sowerby
Ref http://www.robertthompsoncowes.co.uk/history.html

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