The freeholds of Nos 3 to 9 Station Road are owned by Southwold Town Council. Like its other property in the town, this is a legacy from the original William Godell bequest. In the early 2000s, the Town Council comprehensively refurbished these properties to provide a mix of residential apartments and shops. The parade was formally named 'Hurren Terrace' to commemorate a former Town Mayor, Jo Hurren.
At the centre of Hurren Terrace is an archway accessing a collection of industrial buildings and sheds, also Town property, which includes Southwold Town Garage.

1881
William Button - Twine spinner. Living here with his wife, Susannah and 4-year-old son Thomas (C1881). It is not known whether this address is also William's workplace. Certainly the rope walk runs immediately behind the premises. William and his family will have moved to No 13 High Street by the time of the next census in 1901. To read more about the Button family and the rope making industry in Southwold, click here.

Note: It is conceivable that No 13 High Street and No 3 Station Road refer to the same property. Between the opening of the railway in 1879 and the early 1900s, the part of the High Street between the Station and Victoria Street was named 'Station Road' . By 1904 Station Road had been shortened to exclude the stretch between Victoria Street and Field Stile Road, which became part of the HighStreet again.

1910
Joseph William Button - Draper. Joseph (32), was born in Hackney in London, but the family hail from Yorkshire. His father, Ebenezer Button, worked for a Bradford cloth firm and later set up his own retail drapery business in Luton. Before moving to Southwold, Joseph has been running a clothes shop in Kessingland, just up the coast.. He has been married to Lowestoft girl, Happy Victoria (nee Jacobs) for ten years. They have five children aged 3 months to 9 years. No 3 Station Road is apparently just a temporary home for the family, pending the completion of a new house and shop in Corporation Road (now Marlborough Road). They will call it 'Bradford House' in honour of Joseph's father.

By 1916 (and probably long before) the Buttons' home and drapery business has moved to the new site. (Sources: Philip Pacey, Joseph William's grandson, C1911 &.K1916)

Note: There is no direct family connection between William Button and Joseph William Button It is simply a surprising coincidence.

2000
Thea Cutting - 'Gallery Thea', hand-designed and decorated ceramics.