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Blythe Hill
Conical hill. A
Roman road supposedly ran across it. Marked thus near to ‘Blythe House’ built
c.1830 on Bacon's map of 1888, possibly a transferred name or so called from the surname of some
local person or family.
To the north of Blythe Hill are the open
fields once stretching to the south from Brockley Grove.
Blythe Hill Fields.
London County Council 1935. They had bought up Blythe Hill Farm which
had also taken over the grounds of Blythe Hill House. Has in the centre a large grassed mound, 70 metres high, which provides
sensational views on all sides except to the west; there is a particular! Good
panorama to the north, covering Shooters Hill, Hilly Fields with Prendergast
School, Canary Wharf, and the National Westminster Tower. Trees planted for the
coronation of George VI.
Drinking fountain.
Modern design and a reference point for Roman Road dig 1962. Now gone.
Toilets on the
east side of the childrens’ playground., demolished 1992.
Blythe Hill Lane
A rural lane leading from Stanstead Road up to Blythe Hill
Fields. Together with neighbouring roads - Winterstoke Road, Blythe Hill,
Ravensbourne Road - it forms a distinct enclave, with many houses of the 1860S
within an otherwise predominantly Edwardian area.
2 a late 19th century house, two recent sundial designed
by Ray Ashley - one on the chimneystack with the legend ‘Time can do much', and
one on the west side with the legend ‘The day flies on'
Blythe Hill House, built 1842 and designed by Samunel
Teulon. demolished c1895. It was to the
south and its grounds became a large part of the Fields
Fire hydrant iron
pavement cover.
Very few houses in it on the east side, and these 2-storey
houses, are south of Blythe Hill, rather than south of Upper Winchester Rd. No dwellings south of Lower
Winchester Road (Booth)
Blythe Vale
Old lane on old maps called Stoney Street
Brockley Grove
small 2-storey. Occupied by clerks etc,
no servants.
Haddon (now Joy) Farm, demolished,
The Grove is continued round the bend facing the open front of Brockley
Hall. occupied by the family of Nokes (deceased), big brewers.
Brockley Park
St William of York a Roman Catholic brick church with considerable extensions of 1931
on both sides. It is classical, with deep aisles, and a fine doorcase with
Byzantine columns and shell hood. The interior is attractive, top-lit by a
small square window in the centre of a fine wooden roof. The chancel is of
1986, with orientation north; behind the altar is a circular window with brightly
coloured stained glass Goddard & Gibbs. At the rear of the church is an
arcade with Byzantine columns.
Four
self build houses next to the school
Brockley
Park Estate,
built by Lewisham Council 1980, is at the top of the hill. Partly weather boarded
houses are in imaginatively grouped clusters around a large but secluded green, and there are similar houses nearby. The road outside provides
a fantastic view across to the ridges formed by Honor Oak Road and Sydenham Hill, with the tower of
Horniman Museum in between.
Houses
Crisp low
yellow brick terraces of the 1970s an interesting example of more recent
trends. Homely timber- framed, partly weather
boarded clusters of imaginatively grouped houses, around
a secluded green... A special feature is the
flexible planning which allows for an additional
front room or garage. By the Borough of Lewisham Architect's
Department, Geoffrey Wigfall. 1978-80.
Brockley Rise
56 The Chandos, an imposing pub of
1857. cheapest pub in the area. Model of the Burton Union system of brewing.
St Saviour.
1865-6 by W. Smith, completed 1875 and 1928, truncated after war damage.
Guys Hospital Athletic Grounds
Carholme Road
St Georges Church Hall, originally St Georges Slum School
and Parish Room of 1889, now serving as the Church; like the church, has some
distinctive features
Catford Hill
128 former Catford Police Station, an impressive long red
brick building of 1891.
Prince Henry was the Place House
Tavern with an alleged haunted cellar. closed
King's Church, or Catford Hill Baptist Church, built 1880;
under the gabled east end are chequer work and a Gothic window.
Cranston Road
Horse trough at junction with Stanstead Road. Gone.
Elsinore Road
Bombed 8.12.40 50 casualties
Faversham Road
Late Canterbury Road.
Fermor Road
Fire hydrant iron pavement cover. Made by Blakeborough of
Brighouse
Fire hydrant iron pavement cover. Made by Stanton with Thames Water logo
Kilmore Road
Bombed 1940, school destroyed
Ladywell Road
Lessing Street
Lower Winchester Road (Not on AZ)
Lowther Hill
Four
more self-build houses of 1996 on the south side backing onto Segal Close.
1/3
a fine
stuccoed Italianate pair c 1870, with towers at each end. Note the numerous
narrow round-headed windows - pairs in the towers, triplets elsewhere.
Leads
steeply up to Blythe Hill Fields.
Between Lowther Hill and
Duncombe Hill is a private oblong of wooded open space, with no public access.
Montacute Road
Is the name of the murderer of Edward II who was rewarded with the manor
of Catford?
82/84 an
Italianate pair, probably c1860, a full-height gently bowed extension, probably
of the late 1860s.
Rathfern Road
Rathfern School, a pleasant London School Board building
of 1887, distinguished by tall pedimented windows which protrude into the
gables; the smaller building to the south is 1900.
Fire hydrant iron pavement cover. Made by Blakeborough of
Brighouse. BUDC
Ravensbourne Park Crescent
57 one of a pair facing the Gardens from the west,
originally Italianate houses c1860 with Doric porches. In 1885 changed in an
extraordinary way - it was extended to the left, given three dramatic top
storey` bows, and a grand staircase leading up to the Doric porch to which
square pillars were added. In the 1970s it was extended upwards in an
unpathetic way, with a top floor and dormers added.
59 remains unaltered.
Segal Close
Self
build houses - Attractive narrow close off Brockley Park, with seven timber- clad self-build houses based on the Walter Segal
concept, completed 1981. It was the
earliest of the social self-build schemes of Lewisham; built by Jon Broome of
Architype in 1978.
St.Germain Road
1 St.Germain Hotel
Stanstead Grove.
Rural survival, a private close,
1/3 c1855,
4/8 1860s.
The Coach House, steep gabled was the coach-house for
Stanstead Villa, a large mid 19th century house to the demolished in the late
19th century.
Stanstead Road
Tye Garage. Now a modern building. In the 1920s site of a private bus
co. garage. Traded as Edward Paul Ltd. until 1949.
319 Blythe Hill Tavern, pub c1866. development followed
the pub. Has become an Irish pub. Lively
locals' pub on the South Circular, A three-roomed, two-bar pub, it is larger
than the exterior suggests.
250 Stanstead Lodge, A large and fanciful stuccoed
villa probably of 1842, with battlemented front and west side.a large Tudor villa of c. 1840, stuccoed, with crowstepped gable
Upper Winchester Road (not on AZ)
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