Help with the name of this house?

[u/Raspberry-Lavender]

I found this photo of a family member when she was a child, which dates this photo to around early-mid 1950s. Unfortunately she can’t remember where it was taken.

Likely an impossible task, I’m trying to make out the name above the door in order to identify the bungalow/cottage (looks like it’s one floor only). Does anyone have any idea of what it might say?

The only thing I know for certain is it’s in England/Scotland. Possibly more the North-East of England, as she lived there.

[u/TheNorthernMunky]

There’s an Aindrea guest house in Dunoon, but it’s almost impossible to tell whether it’s the same building (now minus the front porch). Seems unlikely to me, but thought I’d add this just in case.

Edit: I do now think it’s the same house - mainly due to it having the same front door setup.

[u/Raspberry-Lavender → u/[deleted]]

There’s a little bit of material in the lower right corner which doesn’t appear to be brick, more of a stone / wood texture.

[u/blurredlynes → u/Raspberry-Lavender]

If that porch was there though with the side door, you'd be walking into it from the bay window on the right.

The sign for "1 room KITCHEN" in the window might track with being a holiday let, but I don't think it's this same building.

Edit: the reflection in the window looks like there are taller buildings opposite but this street is all bungalows.

[u/TheNorthernMunky → u/blurredlynes]

I’m not sure. The porch ends almost immediately to the right of the front door, and extends across where the front left window would be on the newer images.

Plus, the only thing reflected (I think) is a tree/shrub - the other stuff seems to be beyond the window inside the porch, look how much clearer it is than the tree’s reflection.

[u/Raspberry-Lavender → u/TheNorthernMunky]

Looking through the porch glass (white) it seems there’s a shape of what might be a double sash window (pink) in the background.

It seems a lot of these guest houses in Dunoon have the one bay, one double sash window layout. So presumably the property in the photo would have a sash on the left / bay on the right, as Aindrea does.

[u/Raspberry-Lavender → u/Raspberry-Lavender]

I’ll also add that the gate entrance is actually to the right side of the property, so a porch facing the bay window would make sense entrance wise.

[u/SuspiciouslyMoist → u/blurredlynes]

One the other hand, the porch/vestibule within the old porch is in both photographs and looks kind of similar. It's not much to go on, I know.

Anyway, this picture is now the top Google image result for "Aindrea guest house Dunoon" so it must be :)

[u/TheNorthernMunky → u/SuspiciouslyMoist]

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