|
1876
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In July the land was sold to a John Thomas Matthews |
|
1893
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In November he instructed Auctioneers in Penzance to sell |
|
1893
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In December, three plots of land of which Porthminster View was one plot, was sold to a local builder Robert Toy for £192.00 |
|
1896
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On
9th July, Robert Toy the builder sold the new house
to Charles Lousie Williams and his wife Catherine for
£640.00. They named their house Porthmeor House. |
|
.
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Charles
Lousie Williams who was born in Portreath in 1852 was
the first Station Master at the new St Ives Railway
Station. He was Station Master from 1877 (when it first
opened) until his retirement in 1912 at the age of 60.
(Some 35 years). Sadly his wife known as Kate died on
20th November 1918. |
|
1934
|
Charles
Lousie Williams continued to live in the house until
his death on 20th November 1934. |
|
1935
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His
son Richard, a Lloyds Bank Manager in Truro inherited
the house, but sold it in 1935 for £1,325.00 to Harry
Rogers. |
|
1938
|
In
June the house was leased out to Miss Irene Rouncefield
for 7 years at a yearly rent of £75.00. She then
starts trading as a guest house under the name of Porthmeor
Guest House. |
|
1942
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The
house then changed hands within the new owners family |
|
1946
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The owner then gave the house as a free gift to her daughter
Kitty Hall but is still leased out to Miss Rouncefield. |
|
1948
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On 14th April Kitty Hall died and the house is placed into a trust. |
|
1951
|
The
lessee Irene Rouncefield goes into partnership with
Mrs Proudfoot, still trading as Porthmeor Guest House. |
|
1967
|
The
deceased owner's house is sold to a Master Mariner Captain
Dennis Proudfoot, the son of Mrs Proudfoot for £4,250.00. |
|
1976
|
Captain
Proudfoot sold the house for £19,000.00. The
new owner Daisy Beaument from Essex continues to trade
as a guest house but changed the name to Porthminster
View.
|
|
1981
|
The
house sold again for £39,500 to Trevor and Margaret
Williams. Still trading as a guest house. |
|
1998
|
Christine
and David Hodge purchased the house and continue to
run it as a Guest House. (We cannot remember what we
paid for it!) they are the 8th owners of Porthminster
View, a beautiful Victorian house which has an outstanding view
of the town with its harbour and beaches. |
