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Blackheath Park, Blackheath, 1940

Blackheath Park, Blackheath, 1940
Photographs taken January 1940. Copyright: Trustees of the late Alan Roger Martin

 

A series of photographs of Blackheath Park, taken in 1940.

1. No.25 Blackheath Park, a neat Georgian villa built in 1821, part of the Cator Estate.

A view of the simple façade with its symmetry broken by the later conservatory extension on the left.

Blackheath Park, Blackheath, 1940

 

2. Nos 41 - 51 and 55 - 59 Blackheath Park.

Nos 41 - 51 were built as a three terrace group c.1825 and Nos 55 - 59 was built in 1826.

 

 

 

Blackheath Park, Blackheath, 1940

 

3. No 99 Blackheath Park was built in 1837.

This is a view of the imposing facade, with dressed stone work around the windows.

In 1936 it was converted into eight flats.

 

 

Blackheath Park, Blackheath, 1940

 

4. No 107 Blackheath Park was built in 1837.

A room over its large garage was converted into a small cinema in the 1930s.

The entire site was cleared in 1961 to make way for Sweyn Place.

 

 

 

Blackheath Park, Blackheath, 1940

 

5. No 101 Blackheath Park was a large house built in 1835.

The imposing front elevation is seen here with dressed stone between floor and windows, and an elegant balcony over the main entrance.

It was converted into flats post 1945.

 

Blackheath Park, Blackheath, 1940

 

6. No 115 Blackheath Park was built in 1838 at the Kidbrooke end of Blackheath Park.

A neat, early Victorian Villa it was demolished in 1961 and Eric Lyons' Span Estate, called 'Park End' was built on the site of this old house and its grounds.

 

 


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