Hotham School, Putney, seen from Charlwood Road
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Hotham School, Putney, seen from Charlwood Road
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 26 Nov 2010
This school stands at the corner of Hotham Road and Charlwood Road, and is said to date from 1867. There were once many such buildings across south London - though this is a particularly massive example. I spent six years of my childhood at St Michael's School, Southfields, which has also survived. St Michael's was smaller than this building, but even so rather a formidable environment for a five year-old. Seen looking north along Charlwood Road. The reproduction 19th century lamp-post is a sign that we are in a Conservation Area. A number of streets here retain a lot of genuine 19th century character - these lamp-posts seem bogus, and undermine it.
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Image Location
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51.464961
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-0.220651