Wrentnall House, 10 Barrhill Terrace, Cumnock

google

Wrentnall House, 10 Barrhill Terrace, Cumnock was built in 1924 at a cost of £750 by the Wrentnall Baryta Company Limited for their mine managers. The mine, 'The Barytes', was situated near Gasswater village which lay along the Muirkirk road. Charles Pugh, their mine manager, occupied Wrentnall House from 1924 until his death there in 1941. He was buried in Shropshire.

Charles Pugh was born in Shropshire, England and the 1921 England census shows that he was manager of Wrentnall's barytes mine in Pontesbury, Shropshire before he moved to Barrhill Terrace. Wrentnall Baryta Company Ltd later had a house at 31 Auchinleck Road, Cumnock. The company was taken over by Anglo-Austral Mines Limited in 1947. 

Valuation Rolls

1925 - House Barrhill Road - Prop: The Wrentnall Baryta Co Ltd, 1 Leadenhill St., London EC3

                                               Tenant/Occupier: Charles Pugh, manager

1930 - Tenant Occupier: Charles Pugh

1935 - Tenant: Charles Pugh - Barytes Mine Manager

1940 - Prop: The Wrentnall Baryta Co Ltd, 95 Gresham St, London EC2 Ten/Occ: Charles Pugh 

                                                                                                                                     Manager

Sources:

Ayrshire's Lost Villages - Dane Love pp153,154

1921 England Census