Current condition
Demolished / No longer exists
Date completed
(Day, Month, & Year are approximate.)
Date closed / demolished
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This house appears on the 1909 peak map as well as on the 1924 peak map. Construction date is estimated to c. 1901 according to gw's comment. It was built on R.B.L. 97.
Update 2025-01-28
The building was demolished and replaced by Villa Blanca in the 1930s. Likely at the end of the 1930s because the 1938 street index still lists The Cottage.
Update 2026-04-07
The Cottage was indeed built on R.B.L. 97, but on the eastern part. Therefore, the marker had to be shifted eastwards. At the beginning of the 20th century, it was the only building on this lot.
Likely looted during WW2 and possibly rebuilt after the war. Replaced by Haking Mansion in 2001.
Later place(s) at this location
Photos that show this Place
1915
c.1925
c.1925
Comments
The Cottage
The 1924 map at www.gwulo.com/media/13018 tells us The Cottage sat on RBL 97.
RBL 97 was put up for Government auction on 8th May 1899 with a requirement for the buyer to build a substantial building within 1 1/2 years (Government Notification 249/1899).
The Peak Renumbering Exercise of 1904 lists "The Cottage" with the address of 126 Barker Road.
Therefore, construction was at sometime between 1899 and 1904.