Looking at early maps of the Ordnance Survey, it would appear this house, known as 'The Homestead' now, originally formed part of a small farm group with a larger dwelling to the southwest. There were several lesser structures linking the two dwellings, probably agricultural buildings associated with the farm, all of which was titled 'Walderslade'. This suggests the area of Walderslade was largely named after this farm. looking at later maps of the OS the larger dwelling disappears between 1897 and 1907 leaving the present Homestead dwelling standing. This appears to have been a double fronted building of the seventeenth century (central front door with rooms either side of a cross passage with a possible central stairway leading to the upper rooms, though a stair in a projecting rear structure is also possible. Originally a pair of chimney breasts either end of the main building would provide a fireplace in both the downstairs rooms and to those above). However, prior to 1897 a new property was constructed on the north-eastern end of the earlier dwelling, which from the earlier pics appears to have been two storey. This appears to have been reduced to a single storey and subsequently removed altogether as can be seen in one of the postcard pics. On the 4th Ed. map of the OS (1929) this building appears to have been separated in title from the main dwelling with a boundary separating not only the properties, but also the gardens. This boundary forms the present line between the dwelling and the rear gardens to housing facing Darget's Road (Nos. 2, 2a, 2b, 2c). At the southwest end of The Homestead, it appears a single storey lean-to roofed structure is added to the earlier house sometime in the late nineteenth century with its own chimney extending up the outside face of the main house's end chimney stack. It is possible this was a small utility type room with a wash-house copper for cleaning cloths as well as a bread oven, either/both of which would require a chimney.