Brittens Cottages
These buildings have been very thoroughly researched at Epping Forest, whence comes this photo of them before their 1892 restoration. Possibly originally constructed as a barn, although the double...
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Ely Palace
The home of the Bishops of Ely, 1290 - 1772, when it was sold to the crown. The term Palace was used for the London home of a bishop e.g. Lambeth Palace (Archbishop of Canterbury), Fulham Palace (B...
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Cambridge Barracks
First built in 1808, the barracks housed the Royal Marines. Rebuilt 1842-8. With the closing of Woolwich Dockyard the Woolwich Division of the Royal Marines was disbanded in 1869. The Royal Marine ...
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Riverside, Lewisham Hospital
Large extension to University Hospital Lewisham. The first major NHS building to generate a proportion of its power using photovoltaic roof panels. The Riverside Treatment Centre provides facilitie...
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St Giles and St George's Schools
At Bloomsbury and St. Giles's: past and present; with historical and antiquarian notices of the vicinity, 1890Â we found: "BLOOMSBURY PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS. These schools, founded in the year 1705, were...
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Greenwich Town Hall - first
Built in 1876 to house the Greenwich Department of Works, West Greenwich House was designed by William Wallen and was officially opened on 25 April 1877. It became the first Greenwich Town Hall in...
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Stamford Hill Green Lanes Turnpike
At Harringay Online Hugh has posted this image, captioned "Turnpike Lane Toll Booth, late 19th Century (disused and soon to be demolished)" and "Our area has a long history of road pricing. In 1739...
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Manor Street Methodist Church
Designed by Waddington and Dunkerley in 1903. The 1913 map shows how the whole corner was developed, with 4 shops on Kings Road plus an entrance on Kings Road (at 155a) to the church which had it...
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Manor Street 'club'
Used by a 'club' after the war but probably built for a worthy purpose, we have been unable to identify the original function of this building. Currently marketed as follows: "The offices are app...
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Clapham Parochial School
Establish in 1812, the school moved to Macaulay Road when it outgrew its previous site at the apex of Rectory Grove and North Street. It moved out of Macaulay Road in 1974 and the Muscular Dystrop...
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