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Illustration by Charles Edmund BrockA house dating from the late C18, with later C19 and C20 additions, including a purpose-built artist’s studio dating from 1908, designed by the Brock brothers for their own use.
1871: Arundine Villa
Henry John Gray, 35, teacher of racquets, b Cambridge
Elizabeth, 31, b Hereford
Alice hannah, 11, b Chesterton
William Henry, 10, b Chesterton
Phebe Victoria, 6, b Chesterton
Horace George, 4, b Chesterton
Adelaide Elizabeth, 3, b Chesterton
Rosa Amy, 1, b Cambridge
Mary Salome Fletcher, 18, governess, b Lincs
Sarah Greenwove, 17, servant, b Lincs
The sports company Grays International was founded by H J Gray in 1855. The racquet court at which he worked was on Parker’s Piece.
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1881:
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1891:
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1901:
Edmund Brock, 60 printer’s reader, b Shepreth
Mary Ann, 65, b London
Charles Edmund, 31, artist painter and illustrator, b London
Richard Henry, 29, painter, b Colney Hatch
Thomas Alfred, 28, draughtsman geological plates, b Cambridge
Henry Matthew, 25, artist painter and illustrator, b Cambridge
Katharine, 24, b Cambridge
Bertha M, 21, b Cambridge
Sarah Copper, 18, servant, b London
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1913: Arundine House
E Brock
R H Brock
T A Brock, MA
The Brock family had moved here about 1898 from 14 Brunswick Walk. It was to be in the family for another 70 years.
For more about the Brock family:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brocks_of_Cambridge
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