Chestnut Cottage is on the High Street, between the shop and the Manor. A note in the index compiled to accompany the original slide collection reads, 'The ___ good accommodation for cyclists'. Is this what the sign says?
Compiled by Mickleton Women's Institute during the 1970s: High Street, E side, next to Myrtle House. Camera facing E. About 1883. Manor estate house built in Mr Sidney Graves-Hamilton's time. Rubble. Gabled. Roof tiled. 3 dormers across eaves line. Central dormer projects slightly. 2 s[torey]. Windows 2 - and 3 - light mullions, dripmoulds, one stone bay under ...
Brick barbecue constructed for an ox-roast in the road by the Plantation, June 1977. This was probably part of the village celebrations of the Queen's Silver Jubilee. The house called Chestnuts can be seen behind.
