I don’t know how I missed this date stone as it was under the plaster when we removed the conversatory. However, the builder spotted it. The date relates to when the stone lintel was put in and not when the house was built.
This date is similar to some of the newspapers that we have found stuffed in various crevices. It has been used to fill gaps when the property had been previously decorated. The newspapers were dated 1859. The date stone shows 1861. There seems to be some letters before the date – it looks like “Pax”. We have the census records for 1861 that show that John Hobson occupies this property, so I don’t know how this relates to “Pax”.
The date stone is on the lintel to the left of the sliding doors.
Date stone on the lintel above the opening to the conservatory. This is not original to the property, but a later addition.