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Ashtree Cottage, Mount Gardens, Sydenham, 1973

Ashtree Cottage, Mount Gardens, Sydenham, 1973  

Half of Sydenham was unavailable for development until the Lewisham Enclosure Act of 1810.

The building on Sydenham Common that followed immediately was mostly in the form of wooden cottages, a few of which still survive.

Ashtree Cottage, in Mount Gardens, which was built c.1815, is unusual in being half of a back-to-back pair.

The far bay window on the right belongs to Rouselle Cottage.


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Images of Sydenham
 
The Old House, Sydenham Road, Sydenham, c. 1895
The Old House,
Sydenham Road,
Sydenham, c. 1895
 
South Suburban Gas Works, Bell Green, Sydenham, c. 1910
South Suburban
Gas Works,
Bell Green,
Sydenham, c. 1910
 
Timbered Shops, Sydenham Road, Sydenham, 1960
Timbered Shops,
Sydenham Road,
Sydenham, 1960
 
   
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