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Two views of Randell's shopfront. Possibly early 1980s.
The top picture gives a closer view of the shopfront.
In the lower picture the Malthouse Cottages have been demolished. The wall of the malthouse/barn has been reduced & the lower windows…

Malthouse Cottages at the bend on Ollands Road. Once used by Randell's.

View of part of the malthouse/barn on the bend at the bottom of Ollands Road before any major demolition work took place.The lower half of the outer wall still exists. The windows were bricked in. A wide blue metal gate stands where the double doors…

A view of the bend in Ollands Road before any new houses were built on the Spar side. The sign directs to the car park at the back of the Old Brewery House Hotel.

Three views of Ollands Road taken in the late 1960s (?). Two show the top of Ollands Road. Part of the sign for the Crown public house can just be seen at the edge on the right. A third view, looking down the road, showing part of buildings that were…

A view of The Hollies at the bottom of Ollands Road. The Church Walk in the Ollands grounds used to run alongside it. Modern houses have been built between it & Ollands Road.

Sir Dymoke White's 4-in-hand carriage being driven up Ollands Road by Arthur (?) the coachman. The lady is possibly Ann Bircham. The Ollands wall clearly shown with garden buildings behind. Background shows the malthouse/granary with the outside…

Notes from George Kett about the writer who lived in Reepham in the 1920s. Portrait & title page from Robert Standish's biography shown here. More information in RS Magazine 1993.

Lady named as Mrs. Wasey, at the gate of a cottage on the bend at the bottom of Ollands Road. The gate into the grounds of the Ollands House can be seen on the right. The two cottages backed onto the Maltings & were demolished in the 1970s. The last…

Two-page illustrated report of a brief survey carried out for the current owners of the Cardinal's Hat in 2010.

Original, large sale document available in Archive Box 117. It includes a coloured estate map with all 16 lots described and two colour sketches of the house. Possibly belonged to James Verdigans who purchased one of the lots.

More information in…

Group of documents relating to :- auction of Ollands Park in 1973, site plans, Reepham Society involvement, tree felling, opposition & withdrawal of developer's plans in 1976/77. Minor interest since plans shown do not relate to the final/current…

Photocopy of a sale brochure with details of two lots. Lot 1 is the house itself with all its outbuildings & grounds, including a dwelling house & two further cottages. The rooms have central heating radiators, there is H & C piped water,…

View of the house & orangery in derelict condition and a view of the wall that existed on Ollands Road, looking towards Echo Lodge

An impressive photograph showing a carriage & a pair of very smart black horses with the coachman. Mrs. Mary Kendrew may be one of the ladies.Probably taken in the early 1900s when the Kendrews were in residence.

The first view towards the church shows a lady with a parasol. The walk led to a gate out onto the lower part of Ollands Road.The second shows the view along Church Walk towards the house, with the greenhouse partially visible.Probably taken in the…

Two views of the gardens at Ollands House.One shows the flower beds near the house with Echo Lodge visible in the background.The second shows three ladies viewing the bedding displays further away from the house.The lady on the right is probably Mrs.…

Gated entrance on Norwich Road, showing a winding driveway leading to the house.Probably taken in the early 1900s when the Kendrews were in residence.

Two views of the north & east elevations, showing the main entrance porch with the oriel above. One shows the same view, at a different date, as the published postcard, with the orangery/conservatory on the left. Both show a lady in the porch.

No accurate date. The extra wing was added whilst the Kendrews owned the estate, i.e. before 1914.
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