and 'The Precinct' that replaced them in the 1960s
High Street South Cottages Built c1871 by Mr Currie of Rushden House for the workers on his estate, and there was a second row behind.
These stone cottages, were opposite the Compass Inn. The wall in front of them was constructed of blue engineering quality bricks and steep steps led up to the fronts.
The cottages were demolished in the 1960s for road widening.
Marriott's Offices - the old pulled down in the late 1970s after the new (right) block was built in 1973
Photo and notes from a
'Mike Neville' Sale notice:
'Risdene' was converted to a residential care home.
It had 13 bedrooms, 5 reception rooms, bathrooms, kitchen etc., with radiator central heating, and it stood on a half-acre plot with double road frontage in Higham Road.
It was sold sometime in the 1990s and after it had been derelict for some years.
