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St George's Road is one of the few roads in modern Petts Wood that pre-existed the 1930s development, although an early 20th century map only shows a few buildings, of which this is one.

Part of the "Davis Estate" built by Davis towards the southern end of Petts Wood in the mid 1930s in the "modern" style. The initial ones were flat roofed "suntraps" (see Image and Image), but these proved unpopular and these later examples had pitched roofs.

As seen from Image This line leads from central London (via Bromley South and Petts Wood) towards Sevenoaks (via Orpington). A signal bridge is also seen.

Although this railway now forms the South Eastern Main Line, this particular section was a latecomer, only being constructed by the South Eastern Railway and opening in 1868. Petts Wood station was even later, only being built in 1928. This is the view from the footbridge on the path connecting Beaumont Road and Towncourt Lane. The footbridge predates the surrounding housing development by many years and was already in place by the time that the Ordnance Survey's map of 1909 was published.

This bridge leads between Towncourt Lane and Beaumont Road.

As seen from Image This line leads from Sevenoaks (via Orpington) towards Petts Wood and onwards (via Bromley South) towards central London. In the background is Petts Wood Railway Station

Although this railway now forms the South Eastern Main Line, this particular section was a latecomer, only being constructed by the South Eastern Railway and opening in 1868. Petts Wood station, whose platforms are visible in the distance, was even later, only being built in 1928. This is the view from the footbridge on the path connecting Beaumont Road and Towncourt Lane. The footbridge predates the surrounding housing development by many years and was already in place by the time that the Ordnance Survey's map of 1909 was published.

Part of the "Davis Estate" built by Davis towards the southern end of Petts Wood in the mid 1930s in the "modern" style. This is one of the initial flat roofed "suntraps" in the area, unique for being a single detached house (see Image for an example of the semi-detached version, as used for the other seven buildings in this style), but the flat roofs proved unpopular and later examples had pitched roofs (see Image).

Southeastern Networker no 465009 on the 12.55 London Victoria to Orpington service, having just left its penultimate stop, Petts Wood (seen in the background). The station was built in 1928, to serve the planned development of Petts Wood.