View of Sundial 24/01/08

Built as a market garden by Fred Musson in 1911 on a series of allotments, this brick built house has been repeatedly extended. The 26 foot well by the back door never dries up and the roots of the evergreen "bird's hotel" tree drape down into the well, explaining why a "6 foot" tree is now well over 30 feet.

The 5 acres of land include one of the village delph holes where lime was dug out and burnt on site before being carted away for sale. The ground at the centre of the delph hole is about 20 feet deep at the steepest side and would have had room to build two (hidden) houses. The area is now a wild life haven.

When the house was first built it was called Woodlands and it was situated on "Walton Lane". Walton Lane was subsequently changed to Nottingham Road (Melton Road in a typo in one document.) Later it gained the grander name "Mount Pleasant".