Page 15 - Froghall Drive Our Story

1968
We know at this time that the Charlesworths were living in Frog Hall.

27 December 1970
James Buzzacott died. His address in the Gazette was given as "Buzzacott House, 40 Froghall Drive,

Wokingham" and his occupation as a Retired Estate Agent.

19 April 1971

The Charlesworths sold the Hall to Den Hill Securities Ltd for £16,500 and presumably the rest of
the land was split off.

31 July 1971

The National Westminster Bank (as executors of J Buzzacott) passed 40 Froghall Drive to Betty

Miller (previously J Buzzacott's housekeeper).

19 May 1972
The Hall was sold to Bachittar Singh Hothi, a director in several property companies, for £49,500

and he extended the servants quarters end and subdivided the whole into twelve leasehold flats.

Other relevant facts
Buckhurst Grove

After 1954, when Telling bought the Hall and grounds he built the houses in Buckhurst Grove but
was unable to sell them until he provided a private footpath from the blind end of Buckhurst

through to Froghall Drive so that the residents had easy access up Froghall Drive to the bus stop in
London Road near the Three Frogs. Telling had also by then sold Frog Hall to the Charlesworths who

insisted that there was a gate at each end of the footpath and the residents of Buckhurst be

provided with a key. This footpath and gates form part of the property of No 46 Froghall Drive.

Over the years this footpath and in particular the locked gates fell into disrepair but were

reinstituted by the owner. However when he died his widow had the locks removed as she found it
difficult to open them so that she could get through to Waterloo Road and the Rances Lane shops.

Unfortunately this meant that all and sundry could make their way through from Waterloo Road
and security became a problem in and around Frog Hall and the blind end of Froghall Drive. (2004)

All being well the owner of 42 (Alan Scott) hopes to re-establish the lock on at least one of these
gates when the new owner of the property to the west of the footpath improves the fencing and

gates on his land.

Land registry maps of 1964 & 65 show this footpath but 46 Froghall Drive is not marked, as it was

not built until later.

Land registry maps dated 1973 show both the footpath and 46 Froghall Drive. It ends on the land

leading from the right of way alongside Frog Hall leading to 46 Froghall Drive. Thus people coming

from Buckhurst would walk over land that presumably belonged to 46 Froghall Drive.