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Monmouthshire / Re: hatherlie high school newport
« on: Tuesday 21 June 11 15:23 BST (UK)  »
Hello Anna, how lovely to have Henry Pearce Bolt as a gt.gt. grandfather!

All I know about him is, he not only built Hatherleigh in the 1850`s but he also built some of Newport`s finest buildings.

The Lyceum Theatre and the Queens hotel were built by him in the 1860`s as well.
I expect you know this lovely school was built as a house for him and named after his birthplace in Devon. After his death in 1884 aged 66yrs old it was sold to a Mr Sutcliff Ogden.
Henry Bolt is buried in St Woolos Cemetery.
Regards
Gwyn

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Monmouthshire / Re: hatherlie high school newport
« on: Saturday 12 March 11 13:55 GMT (UK)  »
Unfortunatly the low life was stealing the lead off the roof and damage was

done to the house with rain getting in etc.

Yes, it should have been better protected not just left to decay. I always

thought it would have made a very good care home for the elderly. The

views from the terrace would have been lovely for them.

Gwyn

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Monmouthshire / Re: hatherlie high school newport
« on: Wednesday 31 March 10 11:07 BST (UK)  »
I have just come on this site and although this is an old post I could not resist answering  your question!
I am an old Hatherleigh girl I left in 1955.This lovely old house was built in the 1850`s by Henry Pearce Bolt.It was named after his birthplace in Devon. After his death in 1884 the house was sold to a Mr Sulcliff Ogden who sold it again by auction.
Hatherleigh House remained in private ocupation by Mr William Anning J.P. and in 1926 became Hatherleigh Central School and its headmaster was Man of Gwent Fred Hando.
The school was closed in 1985,it is now demolished and an estate of houses now stand on the site . Appropiately the estate is called Hatherleigh.

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