Richard Windsor, who built the Charlton House back in 1920 also built many other houses of similar style around the Charlton area. Several of these, such as the one a few doors up, have cellars.

When we removed the kitchen floor coverings on our last visit, we noticed a small square of new flooring in the kitchen and quipped that perhaps it was a trapdoor leading to the cellar!

When we made the trip to Charlton to check on the progress of restumping we made an intriguing discovery under that section of new flooring… a small storage area measuring about 4′ long by 2′ wide and about 1′ deep, lined with flywire and a timber floor!

Whilst not quite the cellar we were hoping for it was obviously used in times past for some kind of storage, perhaps to keep food cool in the pre refrigerator days…

We were pleased to see that most of the stumpholes had been dug and the perimeter of the house had been jacked up and the stumps removed, although it was a little sad to see a heap of floorboards removed from the kitchen, lounge and master bedrooms allowing more light (and dirt) into the house than the windows and doors!

Our time at the house this weekend limited to inspecting the work that had been carried out during the week and raiding the fridge for beer and wine, and we cant wait for our next trip when we shall experience for the first time a flat and level floor.

The “Cellar” Door

Jacks under front of house

Stump hole

The”Cellar”

Floorboards Removed