Once upon a time Rosslyn was the Sherwood Inn, an accommodation for vacationers, a restaurant, and a colonial taproom. As I understand, it there was a clay tennis court adjacent to the icehouse in those years.
![Tennis Net Post with Icehouse Deck and Carriage House (Photo: R.P. Murphy)](https://i0.wp.com/www.rosslynredux.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_2267.jpg?resize=600%2C599&ssl=1)
Perhaps the tennis court pre-dates the Sherwood Inn, dating back to Hyde Gate House? I will certainly update this post if and when I discover the answer.
![Old Tennis Net Post (Photo: R.P. Murphy)](https://i0.wp.com/www.rosslynredux.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_2269.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1)
A single steel tennis net post still stood in the lawn. For some reason, we never removed it, kept it for all these years. A rusty relic, a monument to a tennis-y past.
![Excavating Old Tennis Court (Photo: R.P. Murphy)](https://i0.wp.com/www.rosslynredux.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_2270.jpg?resize=600%2C599&ssl=1)
But now it it gone. Bob and Phil removed it to make way for the landscaping around the soon-to-be complete icehouse deck.
![Excavating Tennis Net Near Icehouse (Photo: R.P. Murphy)](https://i0.wp.com/www.rosslynredux.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_2268.jpg?resize=600%2C599&ssl=1)
While I’m pleased with the progress, enthusiastic about the forthcoming transformation, it’s nevertheless a slightly poignant passing. Sentimental for a tennis court I never witnessed, never played upon? Yes. A little.
![Old Post and Concrete Footer (Photo: R.P. Murphy)](https://i0.wp.com/www.rosslynredux.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_2271.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1)
RIP tennis court!
What do you think?