2 Barton Road (site of Newnham Villa)
History of 2 Barton Road
1880s – 1930s: Newnham Villa
In 1887 George Barnes lived here and Mrs S E Barnes was still living here in 1925
1913 Newnham Villa
George Robert Barnes
1952
House built by Mark and Lettice Appleby. During the excavation of the site a doorstep was unearthed which it was speculated could have belonged to Newnham Villa.
The Applebys needed a licence to build their house after the war; they bought the freehold from the publican of the Red Bull across the road. The architect was called Myers; he had designed several houses in the vicinity of the Perse School.
Projects
Contribute
Do you have any information about the people or places in this article? If so, then please
let us know using the Contact page or by
emailing capturingcambridge@
Licence
This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
not including content on external links as indicated by
.