Picketston Cottage

I wanted to carry on the story of Elizabeth Mary from Tuesday but the next part illustrates the ravages of time wrought upon the Dunraven Estate of which little remains - Visitor Centre.

Here she is with the whole family on the Dunraven Estate where her father was Gamekeeper:
1871 British Census RG10 5419 13 Cwm Mawr Lodge
John Bishop Head M 47 Gamekeeper Gloucestershire Horsley
Alice Bishop Wife M 41 Glamorgan Cowbridge
John L Bishop Son U 17 Pupil teacher Gloucester Cromhall
Frances M Bishop Dau U 15 Dressmakers apprentice Gloucester Cromhall
Alice J Bishop Dau 13 Scholar Gloucester Cromhall
Elizabeth M Bishop Dau 11 " Gloucester Cromhall
Sidney A Bishop Son 9 " Glam Penmark
Herbert H Bishop Son 6 " Glam Coity
Edgar W G Bishop Son 3 Glam Coity

I went looking for Cwm Mawr Lodge and all I found were heaps of rubble.
It was only when I looked at an aerial photograph of the Dunraven Estate at the Heritage Coast Visitor Centre that I realised that one particular heap of rubble had been the site of the Lodge in question. I am not sure if it was demolished like the Castle or just fell down. In any case, I failed to photograph the right heap of rubble.

By all accounts, the Quin family did not spend much time at Dunraven as they
had a house in London and Estates in Ireland that were more attractive.
They must have been seriously rich and did not joke in the servant department as can be seen in 1881
Mary A. HIGGINS Wife (Head) M Female 28 Petworth, Sussex, England Housekeeper
Thomas HIGGINS Son M Male 1 m Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Emilie PUDDICK Visitor M Female 10 ...selm..., Surrey, England Scholar
Frederick T. CLARK Visitor M Male 28 Moulsford, Berkshire, England Porter
Countess DUNRAVEN Wife M Female 39 London, Middlesex, England
Enid W. QUIN Dau U Female 16 Limerick Adare
Racheal QUIN Dau U Female 9 London, Middlesex, England
Aileen QUIN Dau U Female 7 Limerick Adare Co
Anna DUFOUR Serv ((Boarder)) U Female 22 France Governess
E. PLUMSTEAD Serv U Male 33 Norwich, Norfolk, England Secretary
Charles BULT Serv M Male 61 Greenford, Middlesex, England Butler
Thomas IRVING Serv U Male 28 St Albans, Bedford, England Under Butler
George BUDDEN Serv U Male 29 Christchurch, Hampshire, England Footman
Edward HAYNE Serv U Male 22 Mortlake, Surrey, England Footman
Arthur BEVERLEY Serv U Male 17 Halifax, York, England Hall Boy
Mary MILLARD Serv U Female 44 Gt Beading, Wiltshire, England Housekeeper
Mary GRAY Serv U Female 32 Elgin NB Lady Maid
Alice NALSH Serv U Female 30 Folkestone, Kent, England Cook
Christine A. MILLER Serv U Female 23 Dundee N. B. Ladys Maid
Sarah FRANKLIN Serv U Female 40 Bucklebury, Berkshire, England Housemaid
Emma COOPER Serv U Female 25 London, Middlesex, England Housemaid
Margaret DAVID Serv U Female 20 Dymore, Glamorgan, Wales Housemaid
Elizabeth HUTCHINGS Serv U Female 23 Dorchester Still Room Maid
Eliza NEST Serv U Female 20 Dalton House, York, England Still Room Maid
Kate PARKER Serv U Female 28 London, Middlesex, England Kitchenmaid
Alice TANNAR Serv U Female 22 Brighton, Sussex, England Kitchenmaid
Margaret MEWGICE Serv U Female 18 ...bury Tower Nursery Maid
Christine YOUNG Serv U Female 19 Bellwood, Perth, Scotland Nursery Maid
Janet CONDREN Serv U Female 25 Edinburgh, Scotland School Room Maid

Source Information:
Dwelling 26 Stratford Place
Census Place London, Middlesex, England
Family History Library Film 1341032
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 0144 / 38
Page Number 15

So today I bring you the retirement home of John Bishop instead.
The cottage (formerly called Picketstone), built after 1881, was small and L-shaped (it was later extended) and has an outhouse with a baking oven and smoke room (seen on the left). Remember that John Bishop was a retired gamekeeper so this may have acted as a game larder too. There are plans afoot for further development of the adjacent land here.

There is a letter from John Bishop to his son Sidney, envelope postmarked JA 26 92 (26 January 1892), and addressed to:
Mr. S. Bishop
Cliftown House
New Castle Hill
Bridgend
Glamorganshire

Picketstone Cottage
Tuesday afternoon
3 Oclock

Dear Sidney
Mother have sprained her wrist by falling over the wall with a basket of clothes. Can you come home and bring something for it from the Chemist. In haste to catch the Post
I am your affectionate father
John Bishop