tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post1356640641545651170..comments2024-03-06T07:06:38.928-08:00Comments on JSBlog - Journal of a Southern Bookreader: Southview goes westRay Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-66426059668710801542014-10-31T19:01:57.519-07:002014-10-31T19:01:57.519-07:00PS Thanks to all for your helpful comments. I'...PS Thanks to all for your helpful comments. I've found a bit more about Southlands and Lowcliffe - see the update link.Ray Girvanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-58690820025832549552014-10-31T08:21:09.536-07:002014-10-31T08:21:09.536-07:00Thanks likewise. When I walked through in 2011 the...Thanks likewise. When I walked through in 2011 the path at the Blackgang end was distinctly scary - right on the edge - in a couple of places. I've seen accounts of people finding a way in from the Windy Corner end since then.Ray Girvanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-39168609897079408792014-10-30T04:16:07.838-07:002014-10-30T04:16:07.838-07:00No, not Five Rocks. The 1862 1st ed. OS 1:2500 sh...No, not Five Rocks. The 1862 1st ed. OS 1:2500 shows clearly the Orangerie and the horseshoe shaped flowerbeds which the photo confirms is the S.E frontage. A postcard by Walter Harry Kent shows the N.W frontage with the house looking abandoned and a hole in the roof and the road access from the SW gone. Great blog with much of interest, thank you! My father did some work at Southlands int 60's with Mechanised Garden Services and knew the owners. Very sad to read and see the fire damage which was news to me. In 2014 I found that path from Chale heavily overgrown with no sign of use and impassable at the cliff edge. The Blackgang owners have tried to block it below Five Rocks. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-90475013097336007952014-09-16T10:40:27.376-07:002014-09-16T10:40:27.376-07:00That picture of Southlands House looks right to me...That picture of Southlands House looks right to me - it's definitely not a picture of Five Rocks..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-85815799199056463332013-08-13T15:17:12.454-07:002013-08-13T15:17:12.454-07:00Yes it was the coaching house. Southview House wa...Yes it was the coaching house. Southview House was massive by comparison. The Southview Estate was owned by Matt and Dorothy Ross until 1968 when it was taken over by Bert Rate (I may not have spelt the surname correctly). I think the Rosses must have known it was only a matter of time, whereas the Rates seemed to think only the road was in danger - he invested a lot of money in the Estate and made it quite tacky. I remember people talking about the cottages by the road and saying that people would never get a mortgage to buy them or get buildings insurance, and that was in the mid 60sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com