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Wood Ride, ORPINGTON, BR5 1PX

One of a number of roads in Petts Wood built by the master builder Noel Rees in the 1930s, with the rounded doorways and whitewashed walls being typical of his work.

One of a number of roads in Petts Wood built by the master builder Noel Rees in the 1930s, with the rounded doorways and whitewashed walls being typical of his work.

Part of the 1930s development of Petts Wood.

One of a number of roads in Petts Wood built by the master builder Noel Rees in the 1930s. Wood Ride is beyond on the left.

Birchwood Road contains some of the largest and most expensive properties in Petts Wood. This is no.10. This large house, built in around 1930, received bomb damage during the second world war. In 1946 it was purchased by a Dr Rex Carpenter, and after restoration it housed his medical practice until his retirement in 1978, after which the practice moved to nearby Tudor Way. It is now a private house.

This large house, on the corner of Birchwood Road and Chislehurst Road, was built in 1930 for his own occupation by Leslie Carter-Clout (one of a number of builders involved in the development of Petts Wood), to a design by Leonard Culliford. Leonard Culliford was employed by Basil Scruby, the man behind the concept of Petts Wood as a green field "garden suburb", to provide the general layout of the area and to supervise builders and architects to ensure that they worked within Basil Scruby's concept. Tudor House was an attempt to create a country house in a suburban setting, and won a "House of the Year" award from the National House Builders Association. For part of the Second World War it served as the officers' mess for the Royal Corps of Signals. In 1988 a proposal was made for its replacement by four detached houses, which was refused, and although a suggestion by the local residents' association that it should be listed was rejected by Bromley Borough Council, it now falls within a designated conservation area.

This road will be closed for one year from November 2011 to replace a weak bridge

This view is from the road bridge carrying the A208 across the four track lines between St Mary Cray and Bickley or Chislehurst. Petts Wood is on the right, although confusingly the station called Petts Wood is not on this line. It is closer to the suburb now known as Petts Wood. Eurostars to and from the Channel Tunnel used to come under here until the opening of St Pancras International in 2007.