I DOUBT IF THIS IS PORTRACK LODGE, MY RECOLLECTIONS OF THE BUILDINGS ARE THAT THEY WERE ONLY TWO STORIES HIGH. TAKING THE VIEW OF THIS PICTURE WOULD MEAN THE MAIN ENTRACE WOULD BE ON PORTRACK LANE, ST JAMES CHURCH WAS STRAIGHT OPPOSITE THE MAIN GATEHOUSE IS TO NEAR THE ROAD. THERE WERE ALSO HOUSES AJOINING RIGHT UP TO THE MAIN WALL OF THE LODGE JUST BEFORE YOU TURNED INTO BARRET STREET, THE FRONT OF THE LODGE WAS SOME KIND OF STONE AND ALSO TWO STORIES HIGH. THE LONGEST PART OF THE LODGE RAN ALONG THE BACKS OF BARRET STREET ALMOST THE FULL LENGTH. THERE WAS QUITE A LOT OF THE WINGS UNUSED AS THEY WERE UNSAFE AND VERY EDWARDIAN. THIS PLACE HAD BEEN BUILT AS A WORK HOUSE THERE WERE LONG CORRIDORS WITH LONG ROOMS OF FOR COMMUNAL SLEEPING MEN ONE END FEMALE THE OTHER. THE LODGE COMPRISED OF A MUCH BIGGER AREA.
I DOUBT IF THIS IS PORTRACK LODGE, MY RECOLLECTIONS OF THE BUILDINGS ARE THAT THEY WERE ONLY TWO STORIES HIGH. TAKING THE VIEW OF THIS PICTURE WOULD MEAN THE MAIN ENTRACE WOULD BE ON PORTRACK LANE, ST JAMES CHURCH WAS STRAIGHT OPPOSITE THE MAIN GATEHOUSE IS TO NEAR THE ROAD. THERE WERE ALSO HOUSES AJOINING RIGHT UP TO THE MAIN WALL OF THE LODGE JUST BEFORE YOU TURNED INTO BARRET STREET, THE FRONT OF THE LODGE WAS SOME KIND OF STONE AND ALSO TWO STORIES HIGH. THE LONGEST PART OF THE LODGE RAN ALONG THE BACKS OF BARRET STREET ALMOST THE FULL LENGTH. THERE WAS QUITE A LOT OF THE WINGS UNUSED AS THEY WERE UNSAFE AND VERY EDWARDIAN. THIS PLACE HAD BEEN BUILT AS A WORK HOUSE THERE WERE LONG CORRIDORS WITH LONG ROOMS OF FOR COMMUNAL SLEEPING MEN ONE END FEMALE THE OTHER. THE LODGE COMPRISED OF A MUCH BIGGER AREA.
The style of dress and hats of the ladies would indicate a date of 1850 to 1860. Is the photograph a card de visite?