Old Bonded Warehouse
Old Bonded Warehouse The Old Bonded Warehouse was outside the Town Walls before 1795. It was clearly designed with a planned canal in mind. Originally a flight of steps ran down from the building to the proposed canal with a recess in which barges could be loaded. The canal scheme collapsed in 1808. Why the warehouse resembles a Swiss Chalet is not known. The Old Bond Store is considered to have strong cultural, illustrative and aesthetic values as it represents a lost building type for Southampton where such stores were once commonplace. A lease from 1820 indicates it was used as a builder’s store. An 1868 map shows the nearby Eastern Town Walls had been pulled down. That map also states its purpose as a malt house, possibly for the nearby Coopers Ales Brewery. It overlooks All Saints Church Graveyard which is today the site of a multi-storey car park.
Old Farm House
Old Farm House Until, the 1850’s the Old Farm House pub stood in open fields, the land originally belonged to St. Denys Priory. A brick records the date of the present building as 1611. It is thought Oliver Cromwell and/or his son Richard stayed there. Richard had married Dorothy Major a grand-daughter of a former Mayor of Southampton. The couple lived in Hursley, near Winchester. Richard was briefly Lord Protector of England and is buried in Hursley church graveyard.
Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey The link between the Ordnance Survey and Southampton goes back to 1841. It was formed in 1791 to carry out a military survey of England and based in the Tower of London. In October 1841 a devastating fire led to the Survey moving to military premises in Southampton at the junction of the Avenue and London Road. Once the orphans of soldiers were housed there a time commemorated by the name Asylum Road. The military connection ended in 1870. Later in 1968 it moved to Maybush and recently has moved to new premises off the M271.