Bank House, Summer Hill
Introduction
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Bank House, Summer Hill
Image: © Ian Capper Taken: 17 May 2012
Bank House was built in 1860, at the same time as the adjacent Chislehurst Water Tower (see Image). It was originally built for a George Bashcomb and named Summer Hill House, but later purchased by Sir Richard Biddulph Martin, of the then family owned Martins Bank, and opened as the Chislehurst Water Tower Branch of the bank in 1886. Alterations to the building were undertaken by local architect Ernest Newton in 1891. As the area developed, the business centre of gravity moved, and a new branch of the bank was opened in Chislehurst West in 1936, with the Water Tower branch being downgraded to a sub-branch. It eventually closed in 1966. (Martins Bank itself was acquired by Barclays Bank in 1969.) The house is locally listed. The tower on the right is part of the connected Summerhill Lodge.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.407879
Longitude
0.062282