Tall, weather-boarded house by the 'Surrey Arms'
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Tall, weather-boarded house by the 'Surrey Arms'
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 14 Mar 2013
These days weather-boarded houses and industrial buildings are scarce in South London and neighbouring areas of Surrey. From the evidence of 19th century photographs we know that there were once many more, and that weather-boarding was very characteristic of the area. A few such buildings still exist close to the River Wandle, between Morden and Mitcham. I know nothing of the building's history, but would hazard a guess that it could be 180 years old. It would be interesting to know its original function (could it have been a tavern?) and how it came to survive when so many of its contemporaries were allowed to decay, or were pulled down. The building stands next to the Surrey Arms, at a bend in the A239 (Morden Road).
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Image Location
Latitude
51.400353
Longitude
-0.182762