Roade High Street

High Street now... (click to view)

...and in yesteryear (click to view)

During the 1800s and right up until the very early 1900s there was a Village Pump where the High Street and Church End meet. This has long since gone but the area on which it stood still remains.

Many of the original cottages that were around the "Pump" are still standing and are much loved and cherished by their owners.

Warwick House, which was built around 1750, still stands almost as it was then (though some renovations were needed around 1800 after a fire), just a few metres from the old Pump.

It is believed that Warwick House was so called after a gentleman who purchased it in 1793 (the first clear date on the old deeds) - it has retained the name ever since.

During the latter half of the 19th century it became a girl's prep school. There was a sign on the side of the house stating “WARWICK HOUSE SCHOOL FOR GIRL'S – 4 minutes from the station” - this referred to the then Roade Railway Station long since gone. Parts of this sign have since been used as floor boarding on the first floor!

More information on this and other interesting items in and around Roade can be found in the Roade Review which is available in The Post Office in Roade High Street, just around the corner from Warwick House.

Today, the High Street consists of not only beautiful old cottages but properties built during the 20th century and the 21st century, not least of which is our new Library.