Round Hill Road Quiz

Read the article on Round Hill Road. Then do the following quiz.

1. In what decade were Round Hill Road and Round Hill Street first listed?

2. What kind of terraces face Round Hill Road, as described in the article?

3. What distinctive crossover feature made from limestone and red brick is noted on Round Hill Road?

4. How many cast-iron street lights matching others in the area are mentioned?

5. Until what year did the lowest end of Round Hill Road look out onto St Saviour’s Church?

6. On the south (even-numbered) side of the street, which house number was originally a workshop built by John Fellingham in 1880?

7. In the 1891 census records, what was John Fellingham’s occupation and where was he living?

8. The terrace of houses 4–16 (even) was built in 1880 by Fellingham. How many houses did this terrace comprise?

9. In the 1891 census, name two occupations listed for residents in the 4–16 even terrace (south side).

10. On the north side of the street, house number 1 was built in 1880. What did it originally combine?

11. What was the occupation of the occupant of the house-and-shop on the north side in 1891, named John Cutress?

12. On the corner of Round Hill Road and Belton Road is 23A Belton Road. What kind of building was constructed there in the early 20th century?

13. The industrial building at 23A Belton Road was first listed under “Belton Road” in which year’s directory?

14. What two adjectives are used to describe the general type of the street’s facades (clue., "r _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and p_ _ _ _ _ _ )?

15. On the south side (even numbers 2–16), in what year were those houses built?

16. The article mentions “many overhead wires” along the street. What is said about them?

1. the 1880s.

2. Modest two-storey Victorian terraces.

3. A crossover of limestone and red brick.

4. Two cast-iron street lights.

5. Until 1981, when the church was demolished.

6. No. 2 Round Hill Road.

7. Builder and carpenter, living at No. 2 Round Hill Road.

8. Seven houses (Nos. 4–16 even).

9. A dentist's assistant, three plasterers, a railway carriage examiner, a sign writer, a bread baker, a pullman car conductor and a bricklayer.

10. A house and shop combined in one building.

11. Miller & baker.

12. A small industrial building

13. first listed under “Belton Road” as a Yeast Merchant’s in Pike’s 1927 Street Directory.

14. Rendered and painted with brick detailing.

15. 1880.

16. They are noted as visually intrusive in the streetscape description.

This page was last updated by Ted on 12-Nov-2025