Eltham shops (3) - Sherard Mansions
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Eltham shops (3) - Sherard Mansions
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 15 Oct 2011
Eltham has a good range of shops, but they are strung out along the main roads leading away from the parish church, rather than there being one "shopping centre". The nearest one here, on the corner of Well Hall Road and Dobell Road, was as of 2011 an estate agent. Beyond are a hairdressers, new-age spirituality shop, and a couple of vacant units. The block as a whole is called "Sherard Mansions" according to the name above the door in the centre of the parade. A woman is going in, presumably to access one of the flats above the shops. The mock half-timbered style is very "1930s", the period when Eltham expanded rapidly.
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Image Location
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51.452502
Longitude
0.052044