Debden Green: Debden House
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Debden Green: Debden House
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 8 Feb 2011
Formerly a residence on the Debden Hall estate, the building is currently in use as an adult education centre operated by the London Borough of Newham, and by its predecessor, Newham Council, since 1949. The centre's website is here http://www.debdenhouse.com/Learning/AdultLearning.html The house is a Grade II Listed Building and the English Heritage Listed Buildings website describes it thus:- "House, early C19, extended in C19 and C20, now an adult education centre. Painted brick, slate roof. Rectangular plan, 3 chimney stacks irregularly arranged, miscellaneous extensions to N and C20 link unit to NW connecting it with a C19 brick building, possibly former coach house. 2 storeys. SW elevation, ground floor, 3 french windows with external louvred shutters. String course above. First floor, 3 casement windows, C19, with external louvred shutters. Hipped roof of shallow pitch with long overhang at eaves. Asymmetrical. Tall chimney stacks with vertical slots between shafts, linked by common cornices." This is the SW elevation referred to in the description.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.664171
Longitude
0.078657