Hadwick's Corner 1947

Hadwick's Corner 2007

These two pictures show the changing, or should I say little changing, face of Hadwick’s Corner in Lower Froyle. The left hand picture was taken in 1947 by an itinerant photographer, and the right hand picture was taken on May 20th 2007.

Few changes have taken place to the cottages over the years:-
  • The roof has been re-thatched.
  • The door in the middle of the left cottage has been replaced by a window (difficult to see as the hedge has grown!).
The biggest change is to the surroundings:-
  • The corner has been cut off when the road was widened (1958).
  • St.Joseph’s Church (in the distance) has been demolished (1967).
  • The field on the right now contains 11 bungalows
The cottages are now known as No 1 & 2 Ewelme.
The cottages were Grade 2 Listed in May 1985. English Heritage gives the following information:-

Ewelme, Nos. 1 and 2. II Pair of cottages. C16, C17, and late C18. Walls show timber-framing, brick and stone, the roof is thatched,, A timber-framed late-medieval hall house, with floors and fireplace added (early C17), then extended at each end and refaced (No.1 with brick, No.2 with stone) in the C18. No.1 (at a lower level) 2 storeys, No.2 1 storey and attic, 2.2 windows. Roof hipped at the south end and brought to a low eaves above an outshot, catslide at rear, eyebrow dormers (to No.2). The frame is exposed in the upper part of No.1, with brick infill and other walling (Flemish above English bond), No.2 has roughly squared chalkstone walls with brick dressings; cambered openings to the ground-floor of each. Casements (a window replaces the central door of No.2). Boarded doors. Inside (No.2) the framing indicates the insertion of the 1st floor, and the attachment of the large chimney breast to the south end of the building.

Information from English Heritage, Images of England