7 Alma Road

Image: © Ian Capper Taken: 7 Apr 2020

1953 house in Alma Road designed by Leslie Gooday, Wycliffe Noble and Donald Pierce of the architects Gooday and Noble. At first sight and ordinary house, except that it is specifically referred to in the Pevsener guide "The Buildings of England - Surrey", by Ian Nairn and Nikolaus Pevsner (revised by Bridget Cherry) in which it is described as "A familiar type, but nicely detailed and landscaped. Pitched slate roof, one band of vertical cedar bonding on the front, and the open treads of staircase seen behind a window beside the door - a cliché as effective as the c18 house with its central Venetian window at the back to light the half landing". The reference to a vertical band suggests it has since been altered. One wonders whether it would have appeared in the book had it not been directly opposite St Mark's Church, and so would have been seen when viewing that building.

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