Overview
Bush Cottage and “The Paddocks?” One house or separate houses
This 1902 map from the wonderful National Library of Scotland maps website, shows the location of Bush Cottage. The problem is, I’m not 100% sure which of the dwellings on this map shows the actual location of the cottage! It is one of the three un-named houses that I have circled, situated in between Rose Cottage, Sunny Bank and Upper House, off Pergoed Lane. My guess is that Bush Cottage is the largest of the three houses shown, within the wooded area.
I believe that the 19th century “Bush Cottage” and the 20th century “The Paddocks” are either the same house extended or were built on the same site. I expand more on my thinking on the “Bush Cottage” page, which you can access by clicking the link below.
If you know the truth about Bush Cottage and The Paddocks, I would be delighted to hear from you.
Facts and Figures
Year of Construction
First mentioned on the 1911 census. It was probably built on the site of the former "Bush Cottage."
First Recorded Residents and year
1911: Herbert and Lillian Rosa Brown.
Residents at time of the 1851 census
The house was not known as "The Paddocks" at this time.
Location
This Google maps screen grab, shows the location of “The Paddocks.” Click on this link to explore the area on Google Maps.
Residents
Herbert and Lillian Brown – The first residents at “The Paddocks”
I believe that Bush Cottage was either pulled down and replaced or expanded into the Twelve roomed Edwardian Villa, “The Paddocks” in the first decade of the 20th century. By the 1911 census Bush cottage had disappeared from the census and other records; “The Paddocks” was in its place. This was possibly the first of a whole series of houses that transformed the village from the village remembered by Catherine Sainsbury in “Cathy’s Farm”.
Herbert Brown was the Head of Household at “The Paddocks”, with his wife, Lillian Rosa. Herbert and Lillian had married in 1909. Herbert was a Commercial traveller, selling Cattle medicines, was aged 29 and a Hereford native. Lillian’s maiden name was Lillian Rosa Rowland – a native of nearby Griffithstown.
This link is to the details of “The Paddocks” when advertised by a local Estate Agency, Elstons Estate Agency of Usk in 2014. If at some point in the future, this link is broken, let me know since I have also downloaded a copy of the details.
Reginald and Ellen Burge (1920s to 1966).
Reginald Senior was “not occupied for a living” in 1921 and
was noted to be a “retired Poultry dealer” by 1939. Reginald Gordon Burge,
their son, became a Barrister. I imagine that in 1921 he was still studying,
since he has “None” written as his occupation.
Documents from the planning permission being sought in 2008 for
Rose Cottage show that Reginald Gordon Burge sold “The Paddocks” (and also
“Rose Cottage”) to Arthur Ernest Gilbert in 1966.
Records
Censuses
- 1911 – Herbert and Lillian Rosa Brown.
- 1921 – Reginald M., Ellen and Reginald G. Burge.
- 1939 National Register – Reginald M., Ellen and Reginald G. Burge.
Registers of Electors
- 1922 and 1929 – Reginald and Ellen Burge.