Arthur Hugh Clough 1859 - 1943
Married Eleanor Freshfield
Married Eleanor Freshfield
Son of the poet Arthur Hugh Clough (1819-1861) and Blanche Mary [Shore Smith] (1829-1904).
He had two sisters - Florence Ann Mary Clough, and Blanche Athena Clough (1861-1960) who became principal of Newnham College, Cambridge.
He had two sisters - Florence Ann Mary Clough, and Blanche Athena Clough (1861-1960) who became principal of Newnham College, Cambridge.
Hardcastle, p. 180:
"When Burley Manor was broken up in 1894, Mr Clough bought a large tract of land between Castle Hill and the Beacon on which he built the two houses, Castle Top and Burley Hill... During his forty years here, Mr Clough bought up much of the original Manor land, and to him Burley owes Garden Road and all the houses in it, besides many cottages at Burley Street. In 1907 he gave the land for the Parish Hall. Financial difficulties in later years [1934] caused the sale of Castle Top and all the Burley estate, and he and Mrs Clough retired to his property at Winterslow near Salisbury, where he died in 1943".
"When Burley Manor was broken up in 1894, Mr Clough bought a large tract of land between Castle Hill and the Beacon on which he built the two houses, Castle Top and Burley Hill... During his forty years here, Mr Clough bought up much of the original Manor land, and to him Burley owes Garden Road and all the houses in it, besides many cottages at Burley Street. In 1907 he gave the land for the Parish Hall. Financial difficulties in later years [1934] caused the sale of Castle Top and all the Burley estate, and he and Mrs Clough retired to his property at Winterslow near Salisbury, where he died in 1943".
He built approximately 150 rural houses and cottages in Burley and Dibden in Hampshire and at Hartfield in Sussex and Winterslow in Wiltshire. They were all built to his designs and intentionally at low cost. A five-roomed cottage was built for approximately £175, and a six-roomed cottage for £190-£225 (circa 1905). The average price of Clough buildings has been estimated to have been 4.5d per cubic foot at the time. All were built by labourers employed by Clough working under his building manager.
The first floors were often built of timber and plastered on expanded metal and the roofs covered with Bridgwater tiles.
For further details, plans and drawings see: The 'Country Life' Book of Cottages Costing from £150 to £600, Lawrence Weaver, 1913
The first floors were often built of timber and plastered on expanded metal and the roofs covered with Bridgwater tiles.
For further details, plans and drawings see: The 'Country Life' Book of Cottages Costing from £150 to £600, Lawrence Weaver, 1913
A row of Clough houses in Garden Road
The first is a block of four, two with six rooms and two with four rooms, the entire block cost £700 when built
The first is a block of four, two with six rooms and two with four rooms, the entire block cost £700 when built