Number 38

Stuart Bright from number 38 submitted the below along with his heritage report that was prepared for his property during renovations - its a great read and I will pop up some of the extracts - it also contains some old survey maps of Great B street!


UPDATE:


It Reads:

"The heritage report prepared for 2008 renovations concludes that nos 32,34,36,38,40,42 of Great Buckingham St were built prior to 1887 and likely in the second half of the 1880s.  The six houses were referred to as Osmond Terrace and originally had no street numbers.

Early residents (Sands Directories) included Madame J Allibrand (Costumier 1892), Miss Annon (Dressmaker 1892/93), Joseph Broderick (Senior Seargeant Police 1895), Mrs Eliza Thomas (1910), James Conner (1915/20), Leslie Best (1925), Mrs McNamara (1928), Mrs Mary Firth (1931).

When renovating the home we found items including old gas light pipes, original locks, the remnants of a 1949 ration card and an old xmas card.

Great Buckingham St is clearly the best street I have lived in in terms of its community and wholly original nature of the street."