Frederick Hester : A brief history in pictures - Page 5 : The Homes
Going back to the account Herbert Frank Hester gave in 1964, after Fred sold Marlborough House he bought a six bedroom bungalow from Sweden that was erected by Swiss tradesmen (perhaps this is why there is confusion over its name on different pictures!) H. Frank explained they lived there for five years until it was sold in a deal along with the adjacent Winter Gardens complex (as a going greenhouse concern) to Major Addison for £8,000. This must have been at the time of bankruptcy in 1905.
The Swedish bungalow at Wintergardens
The Swedish bungalow stood on the corner of the present day Station Approach & Lekoe Road. It is shown on a 1923 plot map but I can only remember as a child in the 1960's the land it occupied was overgrown with strange man-made shaped rocks covered in sea shells. It was only recently the mystery of this piece of land came to my knowledge! Nearby a covered tap stood by the (old) sea wall (Central Wall - Winter Gardens path) which must have been a remnant of the Pump shown in the picture above.
Smallgains Corner
& Farm
H. Frank explained that after the Swedish bungalow was sold they lived in Smallgains Farm (pictured above) for another three years. As far as I can gather Fred's son FWB was to spend the rest of his life here until an unfortunate accident in 1911 where he died of Tetanus caused by cutting his thumb whilst using a bread cutting machine. I understand he is at rest in St Katherines churchyard on Canvey.