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Crofton Lane, ORPINGTON, BR6 0BL

A series of photos showing the diversity of housing in one gridsquare in outer suburbia. For others in series see http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=1905481. Any further information, such as building dates and what was on the sites before building, would be appreciated. This is St John's Road, one of the few roads in Petts Wood that had seen any development before the late 1920s. However, the subsequent filling in of gaps over the years (as well as demolition of older stock) has left the road with a large variety of housing types, such as these chalet type houses.

A series of photos showing the diversity of housing in one gridsquare in outer suburbia. For others in series see http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=1905481. Any further information, such as building dates and what was on the sites before building, would be appreciated. This is St John's Road, one of the few roads in Petts Wood that had seen any development before the late 1920s. However, the subsequent filling in of gaps over the years (as well as demolition of older stock) has left the road with a large variety of housing types, such as this small group of high pitched houses.

The nearby wood is called Covert Wood. This view is from Crofton Lane.

Much of Crofton Lane was developed in the interwar lanes (see Image), even though the lane itself is much older. However, according to the 1972 OS map, this short section remained as woodland. It was later developed in the late 1970s/early 1980s (?) at the same time as Buckingham Close, judging from the building style (see Image).

The turning for Lynwood Grove is directly ahead.

A series of photos showing the diversity of housing in one gridsquare in outer suburbia. For others in series see http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=1905481. Any further information, such as building dates and what was on the sites before building, would be appreciated. This is Bicknor Road, a small 1970s (?) high density estate, in an area shown as recently as the 1940 1 inch map at http://www.npemap.org.uk/tiles/map.html#546,166,1 as an orchard, and in the 1970 1 inch map as an open space.

A series of photos showing the diversity of housing in one gridsquare in outer suburbia. For others in series see http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=1905481. Any further information, such as building dates and what was on the sites before building, would be appreciated. Much of Crofton Lane was developed in the interwar lanes (see Image), even though the lane itself is much older. However, according to the 1972 OS map, this short section remained as woodland. It was later developed in the late 1970s/early 1980s (?) at the same time as Buckingham Close, judging from the building style (see Image).

Most of The Covert was developed by the builder Noel Rees in the 1930s (see Image). However, a small section at the southern end was left undeveloped until the 1960s/1970s, when a couple of long single storey houses were built on the site, of which this is one.

This 1930s road was one of the few in Petts Wood not developed on land originally purchased by Basil Scruby, the man behind the development of Petts Wood as a "garden suburb", having instead been built on land sold direct to the builders by the architect George St Pierre Harris, in whose family's land it had been held since the 1840s. Nevertheless it very much fits in with Scruby's ideal. Most of the houses were built in a "Tudor" style by Noel Rees, who was also responsible for part of Willett Way (see Image) and for The Chenies (see Image).