Current condition
Demolished / No longer exists
Date completed
(Day & Month are approximate.)
Position of marker is approximate, based on maps from HKMS
Later place(s) at this location
Photos that show this Place
1934
1944
1945
Comments
Nine houses completed on Broadwood Ridge in 1916
I think it is safe to say that 14 Broadwood Road was completed in 1916 together with eight other "European" houses on I.L. 1947. "Fareham", 14 Broadwood Road was on I.L. 1947 Section A. At this stage the houses in this new development built by C.E. Warren & Co. Ltd. were 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 19, 20 and 21. The numbering of some of the houses switched round in 1918-19 when a further house was built, but not "Fareham", first listed in the Rate Books in 1916 and owned from the beginning by G.W. Gegg.
The Gegg Family
The first owners of number 14 Broadwood Road in 1916 were George and Edith Gegg. They named the house ‘Fareham’ as it was the town of George’s birth in England. They had two sons.
George Gegg was a businessman with an interest in riding and horses, and a racing enthusiast. He was not only a gentleman rider but also an official with the Jockey Club. He was considered ‘a good judge of ponies and a capable rider’ and it seems appropriate that he should have chosen to live above the Racecourse on a road named after another racing enthusiast.
For more information on the Gegg family, see these pages elsewhere on Gwulo here and here.