286 and 288 Leigham Court Road
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286 and 288 Leigham Court Road
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: Unknown
Two of a group of five large Victorian houses at the south end of the road. The one on the right has an elaborate castellated porch and a large staircase window. They are within the Leigham Court Road (South) Conservation Area. Leigham Court Road was laid out in 1839, and while development began in the early 1840s, it didn’t really take off until after the building of the Crystal Palace and West End Railway and the opening of Streatham Hill station in 1856. Quite a number of the original, large Victorian houses survive at either end of the road, and even though their grounds have in some cases since been built on, the remaining mature trees and general landscaping have enabled the area to retain “much of its original arcadian character.” Information from Lambeth Council (http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/NR/exeres/CE4B5CE1-0387-40ED-B5A9-273A5160C34A.htm )
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Image Location
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51.425532
Longitude
-0.114444