Rockmount
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Image: © Ian Capper Taken: 6 Jul 2024
The porch of Rockmount, a large and very ornate 19th Century villa, 128 Church Road, first marked on the 1896 1:1056 plan where it is shown in a gap between earlier houses. Built c.1873, it is grade II listed - see https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1188488?section=official-list-entry. The architect was Sextus Dyball, or Hexagon Sextus Dyball to give his full name.