The Covert, Petts Wood
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The Covert, Petts Wood
Image: © Ian Capper Taken: 5 Jun 2008
This 1930s road was one of the few in Petts Wood not developed on land originally purchased by Basil Scruby, the man behind the development of Petts Wood as a "garden suburb", having instead been built on land sold direct to the builders by the architect George St Pierre Harris, in whose family's land it had been held since the 1840s. Nevertheless it very much fits in with Scruby's ideal. Most of the houses were built in a "Tudor" style by Noel Rees, who was also responsible for part of Willett Way (see Image) and for The Chenies (see Image).
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Image Location
Latitude
51.383802
Longitude
0.087384