This one was called 'The Vale' for many years and was originally the home of Thomas Muggeridge, a corn dealer. Divided into flats around 1920, it was demolished in 1977 when a new entrance to the park, Vale Gate, was created.
When
Crystal Palace Park was laid out c.1852, the
original road from Dulwich to Beckenham was
routed in a curve around the northern end
of the Park.
From 1871 the south side was
developed with a series of impressive houses,
built, as were most of the houses by John
Norton, the Architect of the Crystal Palace
Estate and a pupil of Pugin.
