Brook and Hockley Cottages

Post card of High Street, 14-09-1905. Hockley Cottages, Parsons Stores &c

These cottages were restored and thatched in the 1930s by Horley Morder, who bought them in a dilapidated state.

Hockley & Brook Cottages by narrow river and overgrown banks, probably 1930s

Probably taken in the 1930s, what are now Hockley and Brook Cottages are passed by an extremely narrow River Meon.

Brook Cottages being thatched, probably in the 1930s thanks to Morley Horder

Icicles on Brook Cottages, 2010

12 fire appliances were called to the first fire at Hockley & Brook Cottages, 2009.

Fire at Hockley & Brook Cottages, 2009.

Michael Blakstad

Firefighters and appliances after the first fire at Brook and Hockley cottages, March 2009.

Richard Gaisford's photo of 2013 blaze

Richard Gaisford

The remains of the second thatch fire at Hockley & Brook Cottages, 2013.

Michael Blakstad

The remains of the second thatch fire at Hockley & Brook Cottages, March 2013.

Michael Blakstad

Aftermath of fire at Hockey and Brook Cottages,March 2013

Michael Blakstad

Brook Cottage restored after the 2009 fire.

Hockley Cottage, on the north bank of the River Meon, is a 17th century cottage, alongside Brook Cottages to the east. Another cottage, on what is now Washer’s Triangle, was named Hockley Cottage until it burned down. Two almost identical fires devastated both Brook and Hockley in 2009 and 2003.

Creator

Ben

Date of creation

2009

Date of coverage

1600 - 2019

Place

East Meon, High Street

Copyright

EMHG

Reference number

EM/

Accession number

2019-08-244

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JPEG

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