
The balustraded
building to the left was
on the site of Brunswick
Chapel, a non-conformist
chapel which was founded
in 1657. |
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This
commercial
scene betrays a townscape
of considerable historic
interest.
It shows 56
- 66 Peckham High Street,
which is on its south side,
just west of the junction
with Rye Lane.
Of interest
are the three properties
behind Boltowns and Wimpy.
These were part of a larger
group of two pairs (now
gone) to the left of the
lower central pair and two
pairs (one missing) to the
right. The central pair have
been dated to the 17th century
and the outer pair to c.1720.
As such
they are remarkable in
their unusual survival
(though much corrupted
by their commercial appendages). |