You are in [Places] [Charnham Street Properties] [1 Faulknor Square]
[-->Faulknor Square] [-->2 Faulknor Square]


Summary:

Earliest information:
Date of current building: Early 18th century.
Listed: Grade II

Description of property:

From Listed Building records: House. Early C18. Tiled roof with 2 gabled dormers. Brick, red stretchers and grey headers, first floor band. 2 storeys and attic. One glazing bar sash to left with exposed box frame and cambered head on ground floor, one narrow glazing bar sash to right above half glazed door under flat hood and rectangular fanlight. Continuous with No. 2 and at right angles to Nos. 4 and 5 Charnham Street (q.v.).

Photo Gallery:

img_5087
img_5087

1 and 2 Faulknor Square, Jun 2010

100-faulknor sq c1912
100-faulknor sq c1912

Faulknor Square, 1912, showing the lawn, and the low hedge along the Charnham Street boundary.

- 1 and 2 Faulknor Square, June 2010.

- Faulknor Square, 1912, showing the lawn, and the low hedge along the Charnham Street boundary.

Timeline:

Note: The records for Faulknor Square are very confusing.
Modern numbering has 2,1 and 5 from left to right.
Originally there were five properties.
None was specified in censuses, trade directories or other early records.
Furthermore, there were several properties in Lamb Yard (between and behind 5 and 6 Charnham Street), and
Dredge's Yard, between and behind 2,3, and 4 Charnham Street.
All need further research:

c1730-1750: Possible date of the building.

1851 Census:
     #47: George May, 1 Charnham Street.
     #48: James Jupp, farmer.
     #49 John Dredge (52), auctioneer, wife Sophia (50), 2 sons, 1 servant. [?4 Charnham Street]
     -- House uninhabited -- (In Faulknor Square)
     #50: William Bryant (55), shoe maker, wife Sarah (50), 1 visitor. [In Faulknor Square)
     #51: The Lamb, 5 Charnham Street

1861 Census:
     #109: George May, 1 Charnham Street
     #108: Mary Jepp(?) (53), 3 daughters.
     #107: Ann Wilson (69), fundholder, 1 servant.
     #106: William Briant (62), shoe maker, wife Sarah (61).
     #105: John Dredge (62), auctioneer, 2 sons, 1 servant. (Note: uner 1 Charnham Street:  In 1893  a parcel of ground in Charnham Street between the property of Margaretta Dredge and the cottage (2 Charnham Street) was bought for £70 for a Fire Engine Station. This became 3 Charnham Street)
     #104: Lamb Inn, 5 Charnham Street.

(1869 PO Dir: Dredge & Sons, upholsterers, Charnham Street - ?where - HLP)

1871 Census:
     #103: Lamb Inn
     #104: "Dredge's Yard, Charnham Street": William Balley (36), plate layer's labourer, wife Mary (28), 1 son.
     --Vacant property--
     #105: "Faulknor Square": Sarah Briant (71), shoe maker's widow and pauper.
     #106: "Faulknor Square": Joseph Dredge (29), auctioneer, wife Margaretta (31), 1 son, 1 daughter, 1 visitor.
     #107: Charnham Street: Joseph King (50), labourer, wife Eliza (58), 1 grand-daughter, 1 ?.

1881 Census:
     #104: Lamb Inn
     #105: (?lodger at dwelling at Lamb Inn): William Godby (23), saddler, journeyman.
     #106: "Dredge's yard": Thomas ?Creswick? (65), labourer general, wife Elizabeth (64).
     #107: "Dredge's yard": Joseph Dredge (39), house agant and upholsetere.
     #108: "Faulknor Square): John Grimes 930), shopman in boot shop, wife Caroline (28), father-in-law=Frederick Tubb.
     #109: "Faulknor Square": Sarah Cannon (66).
     #110: "Faulknor Square": Alfred Mead (21), labourer general.
     #111: "Faulknor Square": William Hunt (23), iron founder.
     #112: "Faulknor Square": Uninhabited.
     #113: Henry Briant (2 Charnham Street)   

1891 Census:
     #105: "Charnham Street": George Pinches (28), groom, dog man, wife Eliza (25), 1 son, 1 daughter, 1 visitor.
     #104: "Faulknor Square": George Skinner (59), draper and confectioner, wife Julia (39), 1 son, 5 daughters, 1 lodger
     #103: "Faulnor Square": George Hidden (61), pianoforte tuneer, wife Sarah (59), 1 visitor.
     #102: "Faulknor Square": John Barrett (26), ostler groom, wife Sarah (23), 1 daughter, 1 lodger.
     #101: "Faulknor Square": Elizabeth Turner (64), school mistress, 1 sister.
     #100: "The Retreat": Joseph Dredge (49), retired auctioneer.
     #99: "Retreat Cottage": Nelly Belcher (37), laundress, 4 daughters, 1 worker.
     #98: "Lamb Inn"
  
 1894 Charnham Street Floods: Marlborough Times of 17th November 1894 reported "The whole of Faulkner Square was under water, and had the appearance of a large lake. All the houses in the square were flooded, and the inhabitants had to remove upstairs, provisions, where needed, being drawn up in baskets."

1895 Kelly Dir:
     Miss Elizabeth Turner, ladies' day school, Faulknor Square (?where - HLP)
     George Hidden, registrar of marriages for Hungerford union, Faulknor Square, Charnham Street (?where - HLP)

1901 (Census) David Griffith Lewes (26), County Court Clerk and local bailiff, with wife Eva

1911 Census:
     #125: Alec Townsin and family - at 4 Charnham Street.
     #124: "Faulknor Square": Henry Reynolds (45), School attendance officer for Council School, wife Emily (43), 5 rooms.
     #123: "Faulknor Square": Sarah Joyce (70, widowed, home duties, 4 rooms.
     #122: "Faulknor Square": Mary Tubbs (35), 1 daugher, 3 boarders (2 teaching and 1 manual instructor - all at Council School).
     #121: "Faulknor Square": Mr M A Jones (82), single, servant retired, 2 rooms (1 bedroom and a kitchen).

1916 Cosburn's Dir: Ludlow, school attendance officer, Faulknor Square (?which property?)

1920 Kelly Dir: George Henry Ludlow, school attendance officer, Faulknor Square, Charnham Street

2010 Residential.

See also:

- Faulknor Square

- Charnham Street floods, 1894

- Charnham Street floods, 1932