this was "very run down and some kind of Labour Party social club."  : "The Sydenham and Forest Hill Social Club ... was in Round Hill House from the 1930s until, I suppose, the 1960s when it was demolished to make way for the small estate that now covers the site of the house and its garden. All that survives from Round Hill House is the spire, and a splendid Cedar of Lebanon."
Robert Harrild lived here in 1829 - see his page for an explanation of "the spire".
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Round Hill House
{Panel 1:} A Brief Local History In medieval times this area was known as The...
There is a house, still extant, called Round Hill Cottage but Harrild lived a...
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 ...
Developer and builder. British History Online says that in 1823 he bought "over thirteen acres which was advertised for sale as building ground". That site has a map showing the area, which include...
King Charles II’s Master Mason. Also worked on St Paul's Cathedral and the Temple Bar and did much work in the rebuilding of the City after the Great Fire. Born and died London.
From their website (the picture source): "founded in 1856 by three liberal MPs as a mechanism for expanding the field of voters eligible to elect Members of Parliament". Â We don't understand but si...
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