Queen's Parade, Streatham High Road

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Built around 1882-1900 in a Queen Anne revival style by Frederick Wheeler, an architect responsible for a number of buildings on the High Road. Some of the buildings have roughcast rendering, pargetted gables, and their original sash windows. Note, too, the canted dormers with their own gables. As the last commercial buildings on the eastern side of the road, Queen's Parade marks the end of the Streatham High Road and Streatham Hill Conservation Area. The course of Streatham High Road has been a major highway between London and Sussex since Roman times. Its current appearance is largely attributable to two major spells of development. The first was during the late C19th following the opening of Streatham Hill station in 1856, and the second was after 1911 when the line to Victoria was electrified. Though much-maligned and undoubtedly blighted by heavy traffic, closer examination reveals that the road is lined with a number of interesting buildings, some of which reflect the period between the wars when Streatham was a fashionable centre of entertainment. Information from Lambeth Council (http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/NR/exeres/CE4B5CE1-0387-40ED-B5A9-273A5160C34A.htm ).

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