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Broomhill Road, ORPINGTON, BR6 0EN

Edwardian villas on Broomhill Road opposite Devonshire Road.

Looking down towards the High Street, with late Victorian villas on the left (see Image) with the later development on the site of White Hart Meadow further down (see Image). On the skyline in the background can be seen the roofline of All Saints Church.

Looking down the narrow section of Broomhill Road as it begins to drop towards the High Street. No 46 on the left is locally listed. The footpath on the right leads to Keswick Road.

No 46 is in contrast to the rest of Broomhill Road - the 1868 Godfrey Edition map of Orpington shows a few buildings on Broomhill, of which this would seem to be one. It is locally listed.

Somerset Road leads from Wiltshire Road towards Broomhill Road. Road closed due to temporary water main works.

Broomhill itself appears from old maps to have been a small development in its own rights. These Victorian villas (which appear in the 1868 Godfrey Edition map) appear to be the start of its expansion down the hill towards Orpington High Street. This was later followed by a small group of three streets named after southwest England counties (see Image, also note the start of Somerset Road on the right of the photo), with eventual development of the whole road not taking place until interwar years (see Image).

The houses on the right were built in the 1920s or so on the site of White Hart Meadow - see Image The ones beyond are Victorian - see Image

Broomhill Road is an old route, appearing on early 19th century maps. But this stretch originally marked the edge of White Hart Meadow, and was not developed until the 1920s or so, along with neighbouring White Hart Road - see Image and Image for other photos.

This road first appears on maps published in 1896. It is unusual for being built only one side, the other side originally being White Hart Meadow, before being built on to form White Hart Road (see Image), the gardens of whose houses now back on to Somerset Road.

This range of cottages, with their ornate chimnneys, are shown on the 1868 Godfrey edition map of Orpington as one of a small group of cottages on Broom Hill.