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1 & 2: The owner of the property David Reed donated these images with the
information that having recently bought the house (formerly Joyce's
Hairdressers) he began renovations and made several exciting discoveries,
A huge
9ft inglenook fireplace was uncovered which had been bricked up for over
50 years, when cladding was removed from the walls of a storeroom white tiling
was revealed some of which they have managed to retain.
David has since learned
that it was once a butcher's shop with an abattoir across the road which has
been demolished and now has a detached house on the site.
The deeds of the property reveal that Penny's were the owners after the
1900s - Penny's still operate a meat business in Rawdon.
David thinks this may
be one of the oldest houses in Rawdon.
2 & 3: David reed sat in an old fireplace which had been discovered during renovations
at his property which had been a hairdressers business, after
renovation it has a cosy wood burning stove.
4: A hairdressers shop which was converted into a private home, behind the
panelling lay a stone fireplace.
5:This property was formerly Joyce's Hairdressers, formerly a butchers shop.
The current owner David Reed is converting the property into a dwelling and has
uncovered an original fireplace plus white tiled walls probably dating to the
time it was a butchers.
David has now learned the building was possibly once a
public house, there was a pub on Town Street called the Nags Head.
It closed in
1932 and the licence was transferred to the Stone Trough, could this be the
property David is renovating? |