A Tour of Onchan
Straight down the middle.

This road was laid out by Mr James Spittall, owner of the former Nursery Gardens.

He built the first four houses in what was originally called Nursery Terrace on the left hand side (west) of the road and they were in occupation during 1900.

He also appears to have built the whole of the identical terrace of houses on the right whilst other plots were sold off for development, hence the differing styles on the left hand side of the road.

Note on the right hand side houses how some have managed to retain the lady’s face set between the dripstones of the ground floor windows.

Detail of a face used on the drip stones of the houses built for Mr Spittall in Nursery Avenue.

Alas most of them have gone over the years and in some cases the double windows of the sitting room have been widened out into a large picture window.

In 1929 a small extension was added to provide toilets and a boiler house. When the new church was completed in 1988 the old chapel was sold off and has served as a dance school ever since.

As part of the 1985/6 road widening scheme the front boundary wall was demolished and a new wall was built set back on a different line.

The decorative top was cast by 90 year old Charlie Skillicorn, plasterer of Holly Grove, Pulrose.

The former Methodist Church on the left, then White Cottage and next to that Hebron Hall with its corrugated iron roof and tall chimney. This was once Mr Corrin's smithy and is now a doctor's surgery.