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Coombe House

 

Coombe House is mid C18 pictured below in 2007. [Photo © Lynne Cleaver]
COOMBE HOUSE 2007
COOMBE HOUSE 1838 map
COOMBE HOUSE C20 map

Left: Map c.1838 - note the street is called Combers Mead, not New Church Street as it is known today.

Below: Map c.1890
COOMBE HOUSE 1900 map

Map C20 showing the development of housing at the rear of the property which makes up the social housing run by Fosseway Housing Association.
COOMBE HOUSE 19300704

Two of the residents of Coombe House have been:

1889-1897 George William Wetton Ashdown M.D, C.M. Edin, M.R.C. Eng, Surgeon Coombe House

1914 -1930 John Stafford Mellish M.R.C.S Eng, L.R.C.P Lond surgeon medical officer & public vaccinator Didmarton district, Tetbury union & joint hon medical officer Cottage Hospital Coombe House

The extract [left] is from The London Gazette 4 July 1930

In the last few years a learning resource centre has opened in the house with the aid of a £97,000 grant from the South West Regional Development Agency. The money was used to convert a disused garage which adjoins Coombe House into a flexible learning space with 15 PCs, a reception area and meeting rooms.

In October 2003 dignitaries were invited to see the transformation at an official opening. Fosseway Housing Association organised the refurbishment and restoration of the derelict building. Its original features have been retained, beams are exposed and it has natural stone walls.

SOURCES & RESOURCES:

English Heritage Images of England website page

Wilts & Gloucestershire Standard
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