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Change the house name ?

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Given the number of people who know about my purchase and that also know the name, there are an alarming number that are suggesting or outright saying I need to change the name.

That “Silver Spray” is more like the name of a deodorant or an extra in My Little Pony.

I’ve already mentioned that the road the house is on, which is currently called Droskny Point, and is the southern end of Tregundy Lane, appears to have historically been called Watch House Road. It might be nice to rename the house “Watch House”.

I’ve also been looking up the Cornish for Watch House and Silver Spray:

  • Watch = meras
  • House = chy
  • Sea = more

So “Watch House” would be “Meraschy”, which as a single word looks and sounds odd (to me).

I then found this amazing on-line English to Cornish dictionary that gave me these translations:

  • Silver: Archans, arghans, arhans, arrans, arans
  • Spray: no entry
  • Mist: Niul, niull, huibren, uibren
    A Driving Mist or Drizzle: Skew
    A Thick Mist: Gortheur, goruer
    Misty Rain or Sleet: Slag
  • Dwelling-Place: Tre, trev, trega, tregva trygva, trygfa, dregva drigva, drygva
  • House (Abode, dwelling): Chy, chi, ty, thy, gy, tshy, tshi, tshei, tshey
  • Watch: Holi, holy
    Keeping Watch: Ketwell holy
  • watchman = golyador in Cornish. Sounds like it’s from Lord of the Rings !

So “Watch House” could be “HoliChy”

A busy week, meeting the current owner, the neighbours and getting some property history.

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Well it’s been a busy week for me in relation to Silver Spray.

I’ve met the current owner of Silver Spray, the neighbours on both sides of the property and progressed the purchase.

The neighbours up the slope have a fantastic upside down house, with the lounge, kitchen etc in a massive open plan upstairs. Down slope they are expanding the house back into the garden to accommodate an expanding family.

For the purchase, the money is now waiting in my account, both myself and the seller have filled out all of our paperwork. So it’s with the lawyers for the contract and searches. Cornwall council cut backs mean these now take about 3 weeks. The initial lawyer work means I’ve got copies of the historical sales (conveyances) of the property:

  • 18 January 1978 it was sold for £11,500 to the parents of the current owner. They have sadly passed on, and their son is selling the property.
  • 11 October 1933 it was sold for £78
  • The road that is now Tregundy Lane appears to have historically been called Watch House Road. It might be nice to rename the house “Watch House”.