THE HOLLIES Owners and Occupiers (continued):

1910-c.1927
Edward Herbert Cozens-Hardy (1873-1957) "of Letheringsett Hall, Norfolk" came here in 1910 with his wife Gladys Lily & their 3 year old son Herbert Arthur; two daughters were born at The Hollies. He succeeded his brother as 3rd Baron in 1924. Lord Cozens-Hardy, a Director of Pilkingtons, left The Hollies about 1927 moving to 27A Greenbank Drive, later retiring to Letheringsett, where he died in 1957, leaving £58,801.

The house was demolished c.1927 and Hollytree Road laid out on the site.

It is to the courtesy and resourcefulness of the Hon. Beryl Cozens-Hardy, elder daughter of Lord Cozens-Hardy, herself born at The Hollies, that we have obtained a photograph of the house and so been able to make an assessment of its qualities.

ACREFIELD COTTAGE - Listed Grade II.

Architectural description and style

This is an example of the 2½ storey double pile house of the early part of the 19th century; the double fronted variety which has the front door in the centre of the front. It is built in brick (rendered some years ago) with a stone plinth and a low pitched slate roof, lead lined stone cornice gutters, end chimney stacks, double hung sash windows front and back and, to light the attics, windows in the gables.

The timber bay windows have been added since 1904, and a stylistic clue to their date is the curved feature in the timbering of the roof linking them. There are similar white painted wooden porches in Queens Drive, Allerton dating from just before World War I; we note too that J.S. Remer was a timber merchant who came here in 1914, so they may be attributable to him.

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