Otterhead House from South East c.1919

OTTERHEAD ESTATE AND LAKES HISTORY

PLEASE CAN YOU HELP?  

The Otterhead Estate Trust thanks everyone who has provided copies of old photographs and printed material over the years that this project has evolved. These are a resource not only of the estate's history but in some cases are important for conservation and  restoration purposes, too.

Otterhead Borders looking to tennis and croquet lawns 1919

Otterhead Borders looking to House Lake and House Terrace 1919

Now, with the project developing, the quest for additional information becomes more urgent. It is better to be offered the same material twice than not to learn of it at all. There is a risk in providing a guide as to the information being sought as it could imply other information is not needed; however, here are some possibilities:

Photographs of any date; Information about those who worked for the estate or who lived at Otterhead House; descriptions of Otterhead House before and after demolition began; the walled gardens; the cottage and the range of buildings near the Coach House; memories of the floods in 1968 and of the former lakes;      Information about trees, shrubs and other plants that formerly grew at Otterhead.

Please email otterheadestate@aol.com if you feel that you may be able to help.

To obtain some information about the history of the Estate, please see the News item on this website giving details of the recently produced heritage information sheet available as a free download.