"Roslyn" first occupied: 1890s; also known as "Thane House"
Planning application:
22 King Henrys Road, Lewes for G[eorge] J[ohn] Wightman, Ailsa Craig, King Henrys Road, Lewes, furnishing ironmonger by Alfred A Oakden, 18 Cornfield Road, Eastbourne, architect and A Ridley, 2 Garden Cottages, Lewes, builder
DL/A/25/108 · 2 Oct 1895 · East Sussex Record Office
Owners & Occupiers:
1901 Census: Anthony B[erwick] Were (74) Solicitor; his wife Giovanna E Were (56) a British Subject, b. Ionian Islands, Greece; their daughter Ruth G Were (27). Two servants: Annie Winder (16) a house maid from Newcastle-on-Tyne & Alice Sawyer (17) a kitchen girl, from London.
Anthony Were died in 1918 in Brighton aged 91.
Will: Anthony Berwick Were ofThe Mount, Queen's Park, Brighton, died 13.11.1918. Probate to Evelyn Constance Were spinster. Effects: £1990 8s 6d
His wife Giovanna also died earlier in the same year in Brighton aged 74.
Electoral Roll 1905: Ruth Morris
1911 Census: Hannah Morris (67) single; two servants: Elizabeth Turner (50) cook-housekeeper from Ringmer and Mary Ann Curd (41) house parlourmaid from Buxted.
Hannah's elder sister Ruth was lodging in Eastbourne, possibly with a relative, when this Census was taken.
Electoral Roll & Kelly's Directory:
1915: Ruth Morris
1919-1927: The Misses Morris [presumably the sisters Ruth and Hannah]
1921 Census: "Roslyn" Ruth Morris (79); her sister Hannah Morris (77); two domestic servants: Frances Wickens (63) from Alfriston, and Elsie Wickens (21) from Brighton.
Will: Ruth Morris of "Roslyn" King Henry's Road, Lewes, spinster d.20.01.1929 [aged 87]. Probate to Hannah Morris spinster [her sister]. Effects £5,501. Resworn £6,438 12s 1d
Will: Hannah Morris of "Roslyn" King Henry's Road, Lewes, spinster d.07.11.1930 [aged 87]. Probate to Selina Jane Morris spinster & John Edward Morris bank clerk. Effects £7,824 11s 8d
1935: Mrs Hoare
1939 Register: house number obscured by 'black-out' but presumably no.22. Three records all 'officially closed'. Continued on another page: one record officially closed;
Reginald H Hoare (45) no occupation; Kathleen D Trower (22) domestic servant; one record officially closed; Joan Benson (31) no occupation.
In 1964 an application was made & approved to erect a a brick garage with driveway & access.
In 2001 an application was made for change of use from offices [East Sussex Fire Brigade] to residential.
22 King Henrys Road, Lewes for G[eorge] J[ohn] Wightman, Ailsa Craig, King Henrys Road, Lewes, furnishing ironmonger by Alfred A Oakden, 18 Cornfield Road, Eastbourne, architect and A Ridley, 2 Garden Cottages, Lewes, builder
DL/A/25/108 · 2 Oct 1895 · East Sussex Record Office
Owners & Occupiers:
1901 Census: Anthony B[erwick] Were (74) Solicitor; his wife Giovanna E Were (56) a British Subject, b. Ionian Islands, Greece; their daughter Ruth G Were (27). Two servants: Annie Winder (16) a house maid from Newcastle-on-Tyne & Alice Sawyer (17) a kitchen girl, from London.
Anthony Were died in 1918 in Brighton aged 91.
Will: Anthony Berwick Were ofThe Mount, Queen's Park, Brighton, died 13.11.1918. Probate to Evelyn Constance Were spinster. Effects: £1990 8s 6d
His wife Giovanna also died earlier in the same year in Brighton aged 74.
Electoral Roll 1905: Ruth Morris
1911 Census: Hannah Morris (67) single; two servants: Elizabeth Turner (50) cook-housekeeper from Ringmer and Mary Ann Curd (41) house parlourmaid from Buxted.
Hannah's elder sister Ruth was lodging in Eastbourne, possibly with a relative, when this Census was taken.
Electoral Roll & Kelly's Directory:
1915: Ruth Morris
1919-1927: The Misses Morris [presumably the sisters Ruth and Hannah]
1921 Census: "Roslyn" Ruth Morris (79); her sister Hannah Morris (77); two domestic servants: Frances Wickens (63) from Alfriston, and Elsie Wickens (21) from Brighton.
Will: Ruth Morris of "Roslyn" King Henry's Road, Lewes, spinster d.20.01.1929 [aged 87]. Probate to Hannah Morris spinster [her sister]. Effects £5,501. Resworn £6,438 12s 1d
Will: Hannah Morris of "Roslyn" King Henry's Road, Lewes, spinster d.07.11.1930 [aged 87]. Probate to Selina Jane Morris spinster & John Edward Morris bank clerk. Effects £7,824 11s 8d
1935: Mrs Hoare
1939 Register: house number obscured by 'black-out' but presumably no.22. Three records all 'officially closed'. Continued on another page: one record officially closed;
Reginald H Hoare (45) no occupation; Kathleen D Trower (22) domestic servant; one record officially closed; Joan Benson (31) no occupation.
In 1964 an application was made & approved to erect a a brick garage with driveway & access.
In 2001 an application was made for change of use from offices [East Sussex Fire Brigade] to residential.