The Iron House
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Location: 4 Saunton Road, Saunton, Devon
Surname/tag: Ley, Thompson
This house, which no longer exists was a structure cladded in corrugated iron and thatched, located on the corner of Saunton Road and Hannaburrow Lane, opposite the Post Office and within yards of St Anne's Chapel. The house appeared to be part of the Saunton Court estate.
A photograph of the house, taken in 1905 can be found at https://ehive.com/collections/4561/objects/166820/saunton-outside-the-iron-house-c-1905 .
The house was built in the late 19th/early 20th Century and appears on the Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map, ouse (Cartographic) SDV325644.[1]
Michael Lanyon Roe Thompson (1916-1944) and his nurse, Ethel Streaks, boarded there for a short stay as recorded in the 1921 Census. The head of the house at the time was Samuel Jenkins Ley who had lived there from the start. He was Green Keeper for Saunton Golf Links, nearby. In 1891, Mr Ley is recorded as living in Marwood.
It is probably that Samuel Jenkins Ley stayed as Head at the house from the day it was built until he died.
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