The coming of electric power Despite entertaining lectures and demonstrations delivered at the Public Hall in 1879 by Dr William Spottiswoode Esq (President of the Royal Society) on the subjects of “Electricity” and “Electric Light” – illustrated by numerous experiments – there was no development of domestic power in the Sevenoaks area until 1914. In that year ...
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Advancing Technology The advent of the new century brought a steady march in advances in technology. The generation of electricity was by then understood and the Sevenoaks Electricity Supply Company had successfully built its shareholding and opened their ‘Electricity Works’ at Sundridge in 1915. Men were employed and trained as cable jointers and the first main ...
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‘The Grange’ was a large estate which included The Paddock and all the land Churchill School now stands on, Fir Cottage at the bottom of the School drive, ‘Knipes Cottages’ next to today’s Castle Antiques, and the little row of cottages leading from them down London Road towards today’s Touchline Physiotherapy business. These were ‘Grange ...
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It is interesting to note that the Domestic Offices and Outbuildings had electric lighting installed. Common with many of the big Estate Houses The Grange had its own electricity generating plant some eight to ten years before the town gained access to electric lighting. The schedule identifies that the Grange house and gardens was let ...
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The Architect’s impression by Habershon & Pite of Queensbury Square, London is true and faithful in the original design, but a tad fanciful and romantic about the setting…
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