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Gentlemans residence --to carry on from my other t

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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 14 Mar 2007 23:42

If you look at the glossies even today, you will see houses advertised for sale as 'gentlemen's residence'!! Means you have to be wealthy to a) buy it and b) maintain it!!!

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

CATHKIN

CATHKIN Report 14 Mar 2007 22:23

My grgrandmother was a servant in this house but trying to find owners --this is 1895 Ireland -the usual Irish brickwall!!! Ros

MaryfromItaly

MaryfromItaly Report 14 Mar 2007 20:04

No, it'd usually be the owner, his family and his servants.

CATHKIN

CATHKIN Report 14 Mar 2007 19:28

Would it just be gentlemen living in it? Ros

MrsBucketBouquet

MrsBucketBouquet Report 14 Mar 2007 01:38

What other thread?

Researching:
Pool/Poole?Overs/Hovers/Hovard?Bucket/Bouquet? Thank goodness i havent got a Smiff!........yet

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 13 Mar 2007 23:59

Just a larger house than the average!! A detached house, in its own grounds (large or small), and probably with stabling. There would also be accommodation for servants. In other words, a house suitable for a gentleman to live in. In London, it might be a terraced house ........ but of the kind you would see in and around the squares of Belgravia or such like.

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

CATHKIN

CATHKIN Report 13 Mar 2007 23:00

What would that be in 1895? The mind boggles!!! Ros