Glebe lands were at the time given to the clergy for additional income, but what they derived from it I have no idea! Probably very little or nothing, which is why the land was then sold off for houses. The house that saw today was built, allegedly in 1912 and that’s precise, but it had a two storey extension, although no one seems to know when that was constructed! It was all a little ‘eccentric’, and for some inexplicable reason there were plain crested ridge tiles on the rear hip – curious. The main ridge was formed with ‘roll top’ and plain angled ridge tiles, perhaps to make it look different! The main roof had dropped, but that was historic and not due to the ridge tiles, and the porch roof was invisible (totally covered with wisteria). The extension had a flat roof that was ok! It was ‘cottagey’ property in a large garden, where I found a solitary palm tree growing merrily in the rear garden, and at the end of the day I almost thought that I was In Egypt…   more »