In about 1903, numbers 2 - 4 Rectory Grove, (built c.1790), were combined to form St. Hugh’s Boys Home, later named Ingleton House Boys Home, run by an Anglican religious society named the Society of the Good Shepherd. A chapel and a refectory hall, by architect Lionel Grace, were added in 1912.
The Clapham Antiquarian Society held its meetings in the hall from its foundation in 1923 until 1939.
By the 1930s, the number of occupants was falling and the boys were moved to the country at the outbreak of war. In 1954, the LCC reopened it as an after-care hostel for boys.
The chapel, later numbered 4a Rectory Grove, was used by the CAVE (Community and Voluntary Education) School until the school closed in c.2005. It now (2024) houses the Clapham Pottery.
In this 1985 photo, the building to the right of the mini is 2 Rectory Grove (prior to WW2, 96 Larkhall Rise). It still exists and is now a private residence. The buildings to the left of the mini, separated from no.2 by a driveway, formed part of the complex of buildings that made up the rest of the Boys Home. This, apart from the chapel and refectory, was all demolished in 1989 and replaced by the housing association block of flats labelled 2a Rectory Grove.
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Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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