High Street 119-119a
Road: High Street, Teddington
Property: 119-119a
Nos. 119 and 119a are one of two surviving houses out of five that originally stood on the land which stretched from The King's Head to Watts Lane. They were built early in the 18th Century. The property originally belonged to Ann Cook the widow of Richard Chandler Cook, a baker. No. 119 was built at the beginning of the 18th century by George Chandler, also a baker. Following him, it was occupied by his daughter and son-in-law, Jane & William Cook. Later it was described as a "pretty cottage with a porch", the home of Miss Travers Dade who married Mr Tate the dentist in the early 1900s. It was still a private house in the 1920s but the downstairs rooms are now a shop and the building has been divided into several parts.
Brick built cottage, 3-storeys with 3 windows above and 3 dormer windows in slate roof. It was still a private house in the 1920s but the downstairs rooms are now a shop and the building has been divided into several parts.
No. 119: In 1989, Mauds Removals office (store at rear). In 2013, Farah Kids (charity shop).
No. 119a: In 1989, Daytronics (radio and television). In 2013, Teddington Hardware.
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