Wall, Old Bury Hill Gardens
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Wall, Old Bury Hill Gardens
Image: © Ian Capper Taken: 24 Sep 2016
Former walled garden of Bury Hill. Bury Hill was a large mansion built by James Walter in 1753. In 1805 (or 1812 or 1815, depending on source) the house and a large part of the estate was bought by Robert Barclay, a Southwark Brewer, whose family remained there for almost 150 years. The house was occupied by the military in the Second World War. After the war it was converted to flats, but whilst this was happening, the centre part was destroyed by fire, although the outer parts survived and remain in residential use. The gardens of which this the wall, along with the former orangery/stable block in the background, date from the 18th Century and are grade II and grade II* listed respectively - see https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1229032 and https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1228824.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.225265
Longitude
-0.356069