Old photo of Stansted school and Malthouse Lane houses in Stansted

Here is a postcard showing Malthouse Road, Stansted, with the school on right, and the houses along the other side of the road. Barely a tree in sight, I am guessing the houses were not that old at the time of the photo being taken. The village hall is also missing, so predates that. An interesting find and an image I have not seen before.

A mystery to solve - New Tea Rooms, Stansted

Here is a mystery. I've seen this postcard before, and always assumed it was not our Stansted, but the Stansted where the Airport now is, because I can't place the house, or the road. However, the message on the back of this postcard says it is 11 1/2 miles from Maidstone, so that would be about right for us.

Can anyone solve the mystery of where this was in our area?

Still mulling over this... does anyone think that it could possibly be where the house called Jane's Farm (end of Hatham Green Lane) now stands? See below for comparison image. Looks about right to me, and would perhaps make sense for a tearoom to be there.

Editor update: I was close in my guess, but please see comments sent in, I now know this Tearoom was at the junction of Ash Lane and London Road (A20), so the road in the postcard is the A20, it certainly looks a bit different now.

I've also found a better quality image of the front of the card.