Rookwood, Beechwood Road, Newport

Photo reference number: 1880

Old postcard, postmarked August 1905. The writer, Flo, wrote: "Thanks for P.C. Weather too unsettled to come to show. Do you recognise 'Rookwood'? Kind regards, Flo."

The property, 6 Beechwood Road, is remarkably unchanged today. See link to Google Street View below.

In Johns's 1905 Newport Directory there are only 3 houses in Beechwood Road:

2, Mrs HJ Gratte, house name Tressillian
4, Houston McKay, house name Glengariff
6, Robert Hurley, house name Rookwood

Florence was one of Robert and Maryann Hurley's 4 daughters.

Google Street View