Norwood Grove, Gibson's Hill (1)
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Norwood Grove, Gibson's Hill (1)
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: Unknown
An early-C19th stuccoed house with a full-height bow and late-C19th conservatory on the right. It was reduced in size after bomb damage during the war. Grade II listed. The house and grounds, now a public park, were bought by Croydon Corporation in 1926. Plaques on the house record previous occupants, Arthur Anderson, joint founder of P & O and, bizarrely, M.P. for the Shetland Islands (presumably he didn't visit very often), and Frederick Nettlefold, local philanthropist and industrialist whose company cornered the market in wood screws.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.419414
Longitude
-0.114264