Well Hall Pleasaunce, Eltham SE9
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Well Hall Pleasaunce, Eltham SE9
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 4 May 2014
A small hamlet on the road (track?) from Eltham to Woolwich was all that existed here during medieval times. "Kidbrooke layne" bisected the hamlet and at its southern corner stood Well Hall House plus its out-buildings. The outbuildings included this carefully preserved Tudor Barn. The manor house has long been demolished, although this moat also survives. The barn - now a restaurant, with a first floor function suite - was built c.1525 by William Roper, the son in law of Sir Thomas More. A brook enters the moat at a point near the bottom left hand corner of this picture, albeit not visible here. Several entrances into this public park lie behind the photographer on Well Hall Road (the A205).
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Image Location
Latitude
51.456591
Longitude
0.049636