Ashleigh & India Houses, 1848.
Houses for professors of the East India Company's Military Seminary.
Croydon's Heritage
CR0, Addiscombe Road, 137 - 139
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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