Thatched House, Main Road

"Little Thatch" Main Road, Lacey Green

The Thatched House, Main Road, Lacey Green

In the 1970 was lived in by Mrs Simmons.

The following refers to land that became Dry Hillocks :-

5^th September 1958.   Covenant.    Between Peter Henry John Walker and Percy William Simmons, of the ‘Thatched House’, Main Road, Lacey Green.

To erect and maintain a 3 foot fence along the SE and SW boundaries of the plot.

The old cottage became a garage for Thatched House, Main Road which was further along the road.   The garage was later demolished.

2^nd December 1958    Conveyance. Percy William Simmons of 61 Lambert Road, Banstead, Surrey, instrument maker sold to Maurice James Saunders of 6 Greenlands, Lacey Green, builder, for £500

Schedule. All that land frontage to Lacey Green Road of 73 feet with covenant to maintain boundary fence.

Research Note.   This was now bare land.   Maurice ‘Mosh’ and Trudy Saunders cleared the ground.   Trudy spoke of the amount of rubble from the old flint cottage on the site.   They built the house ‘Dry Hillocks’ on the site.   The site of the old cottage/garage became the drive for ‘Dry Hillocks’. click Mosh & Trudy Saunders for their life story.