Brookside, showing thatched and timbered cottage, 1930s.
Warwickshire County Record Office reference PH226/274.
Brookside, 2014.
Photo by Derek Earl.
The old cottage on the left, that was old Mr. Parrott’s. I remember it being demolished, it must have been about 1969? The beams and bricks were all numbered and it was shipped off to Milton Keynes for re-building. He had a lot of cats! When the Bryant’s estate was built, part of the deal was they culveted the brook. It used to flood before and all the water would come in the houses, including the sewage!
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I personally would love to know more about the house that ended up in Milton Keynes! Can anybody help?
John Green provided some details about this lovely timber-framed house, and the Parrott family, in the December 2013 parish magazine. The first Parrott living in the village was Daniel Parrott (John’s great-grandfather), a builder and farmer, born in 1849. One of his 5 sons, Walter, lived in this Tudor cottage with his wife and 5 children. When the house was sold in 1973 it was partially reconstructed in Milton Keynes.
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