Demolition of thatched cottage
A pile of rubble, about nine van loads of straw and some scrap iron are now all that remain of what was Northam Square’s only thatched cottage.
Its exact age was uncertain – some thought between 200 and 300 years. Miss Muriel Moulton, the owner explained that her grandfather and uncle bought it from the son of Elizabeth Partridge who bequeathed it in 1837. It was then left to Miss Elizabeth Moulton, an aunt, who died three years ago. The cottage was the home of Miss Moulton, her sister and aunt until three years ago when the aunt died. However the thatch is wearing thin and the walls were damp, so the cottage had to go. A new cottage will be erected on the site. ‘It will still be called No.10 The Square,’ added Miss Moulton.
Gazette article 24 October 1958