No.105-113 High Street
Panton House:-
containing Milton House, Stamford House and Cardigan Lodge
No.105: Milton House
Mr. Angelo Poggiolini, BChD, MChD Pretoria |
|
1986 |
C. Reynolds & C.M. O'Connell, dentists - Domesday Survey |
1975 |
P. McHugh - Change of use of first and second floors from dental surgery to office acommodation |
1970 - 1982 |
Peter McHugh Dentists |
Bef. 1959 |
John Everard Pountain, L.D.S. & Jessie Macintyre Pountain
(nee Maclean) |
12th June 1953 |
Milton House |
1936 |
Milton House - Geere, G JR., dentist - Nkt.269 - Newmarket Directory |
1926 |
Milton House Flats - Luddon, Mrs. |
1925 |
Palmer, C. Lucey, L.D.S.R.C.S.Eng., dental surgeon, Milton
House, High Street - Nkt.269 |
1924 / 1926 |
Owned by Charles Lacey Palmer |
1924 |
Became a separate dwelling, renamed Milton House |
1897 |
Lady Stamford sold Willoughby House, Stamford House and Cardigan Lodge
to |
1885 |
Part of Stamford House |
1884 |
William Parr Isaacson sold Bolton House to Lady Stamford - Catherine Grey, Countess of Stamford & Warrington |
- 1884 |
Bolton House - let as part of a Club House |
1881 |
Bolton House - William Parr Isaacson, Deputy Lieutenant Cambs. & Suffolk - Census |
Bolton House occupied by Henry Savile. |
|
1871 |
Park Terrace - Census |
1861 |
Unoccupied - Census |
1844 |
William Crockford died. |
Part of Panton House |
|
1808 - 1844 |
owned by William Crockford |
1782 - 1808 |
owned by Thomas Panton Jnr. |
- 1782 |
owned by Thomas Panton Snr. |
Originally No.s 103-113 were all one property - Panton Mansion |
No.107-111: Stamford House
2006 - |
No.107 - Betfred |
2000 - Dec 2004 |
No.109 - Club M |
- 2000 |
No.109 - The White House |
1986 |
No.107 - B & H Autozone, car spares, driving school |
28th May 1977 |
Kingsway Cinema Closed |
1977 |
No.107 - Bunty Richardson (florists) |
- 1975 / 1976 |
No.107 - Garden Gate Flowers |
12th June 1953 |
No.107 - Harman's |
1936 |
Kingsway Cinema - Nkt.406 |
1929 |
No.109 - Kinema |
31st Dec 1926 |
Cinema Opened |
1926 |
No.109 - Regency Cinema - Newmarket Street Directory |
1924 |
No.109 - Stamford House |
2nd April 1911 |
Frank Mackenzie, Coachman Domestic |
8th Dec 1902 |
Death of Harry Leslie Blundell McCalmont |
1901 |
Mary Holmes, Housekeeper - Census |
1897 |
Lady Stamford sold Willoughby House, Stamford House and Cardigan Lodge
to |
1896 |
Stamford & Warrington, Countess of, Stamford House - Kelly's Directory |
1892 |
Stamford & Warrington, Countess of, Stamford House - Kelly's Directory |
1891 |
Mary Ann Holmes, Housekeeper - Census |
1885 |
Part of Stamford House |
1884 |
William Parr Isaacson sold Panton House to Lady Stamford - Catherine Grey, Countess of Stamford & Warrington |
- 1884 |
Panton House - let as part of a Club House |
1881 |
Panton House - Anne Gardner, Housekeeper - Census |
1871 |
Park Terrace - Census |
1861 |
Sarah Bryant - Census |
1844 |
William Crockford died. |
Part of Panton House |
|
1808 - 1844 |
owned by William Crockford |
1782 - 1808 |
owned by Thomas Panton Jnr. |
1787 |
Thomas Panton Esq. - Chapman's Map of Newmarket |
- 1782 |
owned by Thomas Panton Snr. |
1768 |
Thomas Panton Esq. - Chapman's Map of Newmarket |
Originally No.s 103-113 were all one property - Panton Mansion |
No.113: Cardigan Lodge
T T Nails |
|
2004 |
Nails & Tanning |
1986 |
Murrays, paints, decorating shop - Domesday Survey |
Murray's decorating shop - selling paints and wallpaper |
|
12th June 1953 |
Murray's |
1904 - 1927 |
Sidney Winslow Woollett, Cardigan Lodge [in Kingston House in 1928] |
1925 |
Woollett, Sidney Winslow O.B.E., M.R.C.S.Eng., L.S.A.Lond., Surgeon, & Medical officer & Public Vaccinator No. 2 district - Cardigan Lodge - Nkt.18 - Kelly's Directory |
1916 |
Woollett, Sidney Winslow M.R.C.S.Eng., L.S.A.Lond., Surgeon, & Medical officer & Public Vaccinator No. 2 district - Cardigan Lodge - Kelly's Directory |
2nd April 1911 |
Sidney Winslow Woollett, Surgeon - Census |
1909 - 1910 |
Woollett, S.W., Surgeon, Cardigan Lodge - Nkt.18 - Phone Book |
1901 |
Walter Hutchinson, Surgeon - Census |
1900 - 1901 |
William Henry Wykes, Cardigan Lodge - Medical Directories |
1899 - 1904 |
Walter Hutchinson, Cardigan Lodge - Medical Directories |
1898 |
Owned by H. McCalmont [see Building Changes below] |
1897 |
Lady Stamford sold Willoughby House, Stamford House and Cardigan Lodge
to |
1892 |
Cardigan, Countess of, Cardigan Lodge (non-resident) - Kelly's Directory |
1885 |
Cardigan Lodge |
1883 |
Cardigan, Countess of, Cardigan Lodge - Kelly's Directory |
1881 |
Caroline Tweed, Housekeeper - Census |
1877 |
Admiral Rous sells the house to his niece Lady Cardigan - house renamed Cardigan Lodge |
1871 |
Admiral Henry John Rous bought No.113 High Street |
1871 |
Park Terrace - Mary Bottom, Farmer's widow [see
below for further details] |
1862 |
William Henry Day moved to Lushington House - No.119 High Street |
1861 |
William H. Day, M.D. General Practitioner - Census |
1859 |
Day, William Henry, M.D., 3, Park terrace, Newmarket |
1858 - 1861 |
Day, William Henry, M.D., 3, Park terrace, Newmarket - Medical Directories |
20th Dec. 1851 |
Mr. Peck's House robbed - Newspaper Report [for details see Photos below] |
1851 |
Floyd Minter Peck, M.R.C.S., L.S.A. |
1844 |
William Crockford died. |
Part of Panton House |
|
1808 - 1844 |
owned by William Crockford |
1782 - 1808 |
owned by Thomas Panton Jnr. |
- 1782 |
owned by Thomas Panton Snr. |
Originally No.s 103-113 were all one property - Panton Mansion |
Notes
- As detailed above originally No.s 103-113 were all one property - Panton Mansion.
Details about its later subdivision into multiple houses is detailed
below.
The heritage assessment document for No.105 High Street listed below details the varied history of all these properties.
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Thomas Panton
- As shown in the family tree above, the name Thomas Panton refers to quite a few members of an
original Leicestershire family. Here in Newmarket though there are just two
members that were important - Thomas Panton Senior & Junior.
- Thomas Panton Senior was at first a groom in the stables of King George I at Hampton Court, and later Master of the Thurlow Hunt, trainer of the Duke of Devonshire's horses and
finally chief groom (equerry) and Keeper of King George II's Running Horses
here at Newmarket after 1750.
- All the houses from next door Willoughby House
- No.103 High Street through all the various parts of this
property were originally part of Thomas Panton Senior's mansion.
It's not known exactly when this house was built, but a conveyance record of a Mary Gratwicke of Hurstpierpoint details that Thomas Panton was living here in Newmarket on 25th June 1750 and the house is shown with him living here on John Chapman's 1768 map of Newmarket.
Thomas Senior left the house in his will to his son Thomas Junior - known as 'Tommy'.
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Thomas Panton Junior was elected as a member of the Jockey Club, and subscribed to the Jockey Club Cup in 1768.
His greatest sporting achievement came in 1786 when his horse Noble won the Derby.
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Panton,_Thomas_(1731-1808)_(DNB00)
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Both Father and son acquired large tracts of land in and around
Cambridge including Barnwell and Fen Ditton.
The Panton Brewery in Panton Street, Cambridge was named after them (it's unlikely that they had any direct association with it) - this was later acquired by Bailey & Tebbutt's. The brewery was eventually bought by Greene King in 1925 and closed in 1958 ... the only remaining part it, the 'tap room', is now the Panton Arms.
http://www.cambridge-camra.org.uk/ale/342/panton-brewery.html
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Panton House
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Panton House was (and still is) a very large property; so for many of the census' it seems
that there was multiple occupancy - how these houses were subdivided
is not entirely clear, but this still is very much the situation in
No.s 105 - 113 High Street today, with even parts of Cardigan Lodge
having addresses in the Avenue.
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William Crockford
- William Crockford bought all of Panton's land and houses in Newmarket
and when he died
in 1844 ownership of these became
quite complicated, but were progressively purchased by William Parr
Isaacson - in 1862 the 'Abstract of Title' shows that
he owned most of Crockford's former estate.
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William Parr Isaacson
- See details for next door Willoughby
House - No.103 High Street for more information about the varied
later ownership by William of these houses.
- When Bolton and Panton Houses
were put up for auction by William on 5th July 1884 the resumé for
them was as follows:-
'This Valuable Property, which is at present in hand, has recently been let at £525 per annum as a Club House, and is well adapted for that or any similar purpose requiring large space, or for reconversion into Two Private Residences, the position being one of the best and most central in Newmarket'.
- English Heritage Listed Building Details:-
http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-275681-105-high-street-newmarket-suffolk
105, High Street
Grade: II
Date Listed: 26 June 1984
English Heritage Building ID: 275681
'...the centre and right-hand wing (Nos 107-113 consec.) have been altered so as no longer to be of special interest.'
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Milton House - Charles Lacey Palmer
- He was the first dentist into No.105 High Street, moving into Milton house
in 1924.
He was born in St. Margarets Bay, Kent in 1871 and in 1911 was living in Cynthia House, High Street (somewhere near where Reynold House and Jackson-Stops & Staff is now). He's shown at that address in Kelly's 1916 Directory and also incorrectly in the 1925 edition, but the 1926 Newmarket Street Directory correctly shows him in Milton House.
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John Everard Pountain
- One of the dentists in No.105 High Street, Milton house was John
Everard Pountain, born 22 Apr 1921, St. Albans, died September 1982
in Cambridge.
He's shown as a Royal Navy Volunteer on the Navy Lists between 1943 and 1945, as a Surgeon Lieutenant, L.D.S. [Licence in Dental Surgery].
His wife Jessie, who was his assistant in the dental surgery, died in August 2004 in Cambridge at the age of 83. They married in 1944 in Lewisham, Kent, while John was serving in the Navy - presumably at the Naval base there.
Some time after the war John and Jessie moved into Milton House and it's known he had a dental surgery there around 1951, but not when he actually started.
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Peter McHugh
- Peter McHugh went to St. Mary's University College, Twickenham
from 1953 to 1955, and is a Simmarian Alumnus.
He taught after leaving college and spent three years in Canada. Following this he then re-trained as a Dental Surgeon.
He moved into Milton House in 1970. By 1984 he'd moved on again to the Burwell Dental Surgery, 25 Ness Road, Burwell and retired in 1999.
- Milton House underwent some renovation in November 2014 - the
house was painted in clean white and a plaque added to the front
wall, clearly stating the name of the house:-
Milton House 2014
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Stamford House
-
Garden Gate Flowers
- The shop moved from here to No.3 The Rookery, having it's grand
opening at its new location on Saturday 26th April 1975. This part
of the building is now Betfred.
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The Kinema
Thomas 'Tommy' Panton's Memorial in All Saints Church |
Panton House 2013 |
The Regency Cinema Photo by Mike Blakemore [This is probably one of the clearest photos of nextdoor Willoughby House - No.103 High Street] |
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Reproduced courtesy of Francis Frith.
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Built as a rear extension to Stamford House, the Regency Cinema moved here
in 1926 from its previous location as the Kosy
Kinema in Grafton Street (Black Bear Lane). The cinema opened on 31st
December 1926 with the American silent film 'Madame Sans-Gêne'. The
film's theme is entirerly appropriate here; as it's about a story about a
laundress that became a Duchess ... the original Kinema doubled-up as a steam laundry
and this house had been the home of Lady Stamford [she was a Countess
not a Duchess though - near enough].
A sound on disc system was installed on 14th July 1930 when “Elstree Calling” became the first ‘talkie’ screened in the cinema. Then in 1931, a British Talking Pictures (BTP) sound system was installed. This used synchronised sound that was optically recorded directly onto the film.
It was later renamed the Kinema and then finally by 1936 the Kingsway Cinema.
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Kingsway Cinema
- For many years the Kingsway was one of the only two cinemas in
Newmarket, the other being the Doric
Cinema - No.146 High Street. It was the slightly lower class of
the two and sadly had the nickname 'the flea pit'. From memory it
was slightly cheaper than the Doric and had a Saturday morning matinée,
frequented by hordes of noisy children [Note from webmaster - I was
one of them].
To compete with the Doric Cinema CinemaScope was installed in January 1955, with a screening of “Lucky Me” starring Doris Day.
Although of a more basic style the Kingsway outlived the Doric which closed on 27th July 1964.
From an article in the Newmarket Journal in 1975 it was reported that at one session un-attended children had caused considerable damage in the cinema, and that as a result Dick Reeve, the then manager, was going to increase the entrance charge for un-attended children to full adult cost, in an attempt to dissuade riotous behavior(!).
The Kingsway Cinema eventually closed on 28th May 1977 and was converted into the Coronet Social Club - a bingo hall.
- From other details in the Newmarket Journal, at that time the
cinema was also the home of the Grand Ole Opry - the American
Country & Western themed music concert, brought here from
Nashville by Newmarket's own famous Country & Western singer
& musician Pete Sayers. Concerts were performed on the stage in
front of the cinema screen.
Pete Sayers was the son of the then manageress of Harpers Music Salon - No.16 high Street. According to details from his obituary in the Independent in 2005 he'd brought the Grand Ole Opry to Newmarket in 1972 - it ran for quite a few years.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/pete-sayers-6152380.html
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Cardigan Lodge
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Mary Bottom
- In 1871, living in what was to become Cardigan Lodge, Mary Bottom was the widow of Charles Bottom, who had been for many
years been a Farmer, along with Innkeeper and Housekeeper of the
White Hart Hotel on the other side of the High Street. In 1881 she'd
moved to Upper Station Road (now Old Station Road) and was living
next door to her previous neighbour from Park
Cottage; equestrian painter Harry Hall.
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Admiral Rous & Lady Cardigan
- Admiral Rous sold No.113 High Street to his niece Lady Cardigan in 1877
- the house then being renamed Cardigan Lodge.
Admiral Henry John Rous
- Newmarket Local History Society - Admiral The Hon. Henry John
Rous:-
http://www.newmarketlhs.org.uk/personalities3.htm
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Sidney Winslow Woollett
- Sidney Winslow Woollett was in Cardigan Lodge until 1927 after
which he moved to Kingston House, Kingston Passage, where he died
on 7th June 1928.
Soon after Dr. Davis is listed in the Medical Register in Kingston
House in 1931.
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William Henry Day & Floyd Minter Peck
- William Henry Day was listed in the Medical Directories in 3 Park
Terrace between 1858 & 1861. In 1858 he was in a short-term handover
partnership with
Floyd Minter Peck. Floyd emigrated to Australia that same year
with his brother James Peck, his brother-in-law Dr. Hedley and
Dr. Reeve of Snakes Ridge.
- Floyd was born in Newmarket on 20th April 1820 to Robert James
and Sarah, he was christened in St. Mary's church on 26th August
1920.
He married Anna Maria Robertson, in Hammersmith on 17th March 1847.
Anna Maria was from 37 St. Peter's Square, Hammersmith. Her father was the artist Charles John Robertson, also known as of Worton House, Isleworth, Middlesex. He died before she was married.
Episcopal District Chapel of St Peter, Hammersmith, London
Married by licence. Floyd Minter Peck, full age, bachelor, surgeon of Folkestone, Kent, father Robert James Peck, surgeon. Anna Maria Robertson, full age, spinster of 37 St Peter's Green, Hammersmith, father Charles John Robertson, gentleman (dec'd). Both signed full names. Witnesses [unreadable], Thomas Edward Briarly, Mary Briarly Robertson, Caroline Sophia Harefield and Henry Robertson - After emigrating to Australia the couple lived in a house called
Grassdale,
Victoria [for details see Photos below], sadly Anna died soon after they arrived in
1859.
- Floyd re-married on 15th August 1860 to Menie, daughter of Duncan
Campbell, Esq., of Rockside, Islay, Argyllshire.
This marriage was short-lived as Floyd contracted an infection whilst performing an autopsy, and died five days later on 7th January 1864 in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. Dr. Hedley took over his practice after his sudden death.
Further details about his life and a memorial stained-glass window for him in St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral can be found here:-
http://fergusonandurie.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/21-09-1867-st-pauls-cathedral-sale-gippsland-victoria-australia/
- Floyd's father, Robert can be seen on the 1841
census in Mentmore House - No.30-32 High Street.
When he died in 1848 his practice was continued by
Floyd in Cardigan Lodge.
- William Day moved to Lushington House
- No.119 High Street on The Terrace in 1862,
where the practice continued for the next 64 years until Alton House
was built next door.
This practice evolved into the present-day Rookery Medical Centre, moving there in 1974 ... 'One Peck eventually led to a whole Rookery!'.
For further details on the history behind The Rookery Medical Centre see:-
http://www.rookerymedicalcentre.co.uk/pdfs/History_Poster.pdf
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Richardson's Opticians
- Richardson's Opticians were originally in the rear of Cardigan
Lodge in No.3 The Avenue - they later moved to No.1
High Street.
[Note from wemaster - Richardson's were in The Avenue in 1965 - my first pair of glasses came from there. By about 1975 they'd moved to the clocktower.]
Building Changes
- Planning Application - F/2005/0819/VAR
Alternative Planning Application - Not Available
Application Received Wed 05 Oct 2005
Application Validated Mon 10 Oct 2005
Address First and Second Floors 111 High Street Newmarket
Proposal Variation of condition 5 of planning permission F/87/414 to extend the opening hours to 7pm - 4am Monday-Saturday
Decision Recommend Refusal
- Planning Application - F/2003/1053/ADI
Application Received Mon 08 Dec 2003
Application Validated Wed 10 Dec 2003
Address 109 High Street Newmarket
Proposal Erection of externally illuminated sign
Decision Approve with conditions
- Planning Application - F/2003/0613/COU
Application Received Wed 16 Jul 2003
Application Validated Thu 17 Jul 2003
Address 109 - 111 High Street Newmarket
Proposal Change of use of first floor to restaurant and second floor to staff apartment.
Decision Approve with conditions
- Planning Application - F/2002/799/ADI
Application Received Fri 15 Nov 2002
Application Validated Mon 16 Dec 2002
Address 109 - 111 High Street Newmarket.
Proposal Retrospective Application: display of internally illuminated sign. (Departure from the Development Plan).
Decision Recommend Refusal
- Planning Application - F/95/185
Application Received Mon 22 May 1995
Application Validated Mon 22 May 1995
Address 109 High Street Newmarket Suffolk
Proposal Independent use of basement as bar/cafe (variation of condition 2 of F/93/0275) and works to form new entrance
Decision Withdrawn/ Abandoned
- Planning Application - F/95/186/A
Application Received Wed 05 Apr 1995
Application Validated Wed 05 Apr 1995
Address 109 High Street Newmarket Suffolk
Proposal Externally illuminated sign over canopy entrance
Decision Approve with conditions
- Planning Application - F/93/653
Application Received Fri 03 Dec 1993
Application Validated Fri 03 Dec 1993
Address 107 High Street Newmarket Suffolk
Proposal Alterations to shopfront.
Decision Application Approved
- Planning Application - F/93/275
Application Received Thu 10 Jun 1993
Application Validated Thu 10 Jun 1993
Address 107 109 111 High Street Newmarket Suffolk
Proposal Change of use from storage to kitchen, Bar and eating area as ancillary use to dance hall
Decision Approve with conditions
- Planning Application - F/89/845
Application Received Tue 25 Dec 1990
Application Validated Tue 25 Dec 1990
Address 109 111 High Street Newmarket Suffolk
Proposal Use of first and second floors as offices and basement as sun studio with associated entrance alterations
Decision Recommend Refusal
- Planning Application - F/90/208
Application Received Thu 22 Mar 1990
Application Validated Thu 22 Mar 1990
Address 109-111 High Street Newmarket Suffolk
Proposal Demolition of existing single storey extension and erection of 2 storey extension to provide store rooms.
Decision Approve with conditions
- Planning Application - F/88/403/A
Application Received Tue 21 Jun 1988
Application Validated Tue 21 Jun 1988
Address 107 High Street Newmarket Suffolk
Proposal Non-illuminated projecting sign
Decision Approve with conditions
- Planning Application - F/87/414
Application Received Thu 10 Sep 1987
Application Validated Thu 10 Sep 1987
Address 1st and 2nd floors 111 High Street Newmarket Suffolk
Proposal C/Use to night club as amended by letter dated 27/07/87
Decision Approve with conditions
- Planning Application - F/87/415
Application Received Wed 24 Jun 1987
Application Validated Wed 24 Jun 1987
Address 107 High Street Newmarket Suffolk
Proposal C/Use Ground floor to betting shop with new shopfront and first floor to hairdressing salon as amended by letter received 12/08/87 To remove Planning Application - to first floor hairdressing salon
Decision Approve with conditions
- Planning Application - F/77/602
Application Received Thu 13 Oct 1977
Application Validated Thu 13 Oct 1977
Address 107 High Street Newmarket Suffolk
Proposal Alterations internally and externally and change of use from shop to Bar store and offices
Decision Approve with conditionsPlanning Application - F/76/594
Kingsway Cinema, No.107-111 High Street
Applicant - Eastern Gaming operators Ltd.
Application Registered 15th October 1976
Change of use from Cinema to Bingo Hall
- Planning Application - F/74/1009
Cardigan Lodge, Kingsway Cinema, 105 High Street Newmarket Suffolk
Application Registered 14-02-1974
Demolition of Cardigan Lodge, Kingsway Cinema and 105 High Street Newmarket, provision of new shops, offices and basement car parking and alteration of access, as amended by drawing nos 702/8-12 received on 1st March 1974.
Approve with conditions 11-04-1974
- As the outline planning application above shows, Newmarket nearly lost
Panton House in 1974. This was 3 years before the Carlton
(No. 82 High Street) was demolished - clearly a reckless time for the planners.
Permission had been approved, so it's fortunate for us that
someone changed their mind and left this impressive historic
mansion house for us to appreciate today. The building's second
owner; William Crockford, was an infamous gambler, founder
and proprietor of the Crockford's Club gaming hall in Mayfair,
London - so maybe the buildings present-day usages are not so out-of-place.
- Suffolk Record Office, Bury St Edmunds Branch
Newmarket Urban District Council Records
Reference EF 506 - Alterations and additions to Cardigan Lodge, for H. McCalmont (Col R.W. Edis) EF 506/6/1/4/164 Nov 1898
- Drainage, Stamford House, High St, for C.L. Palmer EF 506/6/1/19/688 Oct 1924
- Bathroom, Milton House, High St, for C. Lacey Palmer EF 506/6/1/20/738 Apr 1926
- Many thanks to Peter Norman for the photo 'Stamford House 1922'.
- Many thanks to 'Old
Newmarket' for the photo 'Panton House c.1890s'.
- Photo 'Club M 2nd August 2004' by Harry
Rig
- Many thanks to Dr Paul Saban for help with information regarding
the medical history of Newmarket.
Kingsway Cinema 1977 - just before finally closing - note the advertising sign for the 'Grand Ole Opry' photo courtesy of DaTeC Design & Promotions Ltd. |
Innocence Nightclub 2015 -what was the auditorium of the Kingsway Cinema - looking down from the projectionist's box towards the original location of the screen |
Ceiling of the entrance foyer in the Innocence Nightclub 2015 - original architrave from the Kingsway Cinema |
Ceiling ventilation in the Innocence Nightclub 2015 - original moulding from the Kingsway Cinema |