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Lucerne Road, ORPINGTON, BR6 0EP

Lucerne Road was laid out around 1910, as part of the development of the Knoll area, although some houses are clearly more recent.

One of a network of footpaths in the Knoll area of Orpington, the routes of which are shown on the 1868 Godfrey edition map of Orpington, which explains why they cut across the current, much more recent, road layout. This one leads from the junction of Oatfield Road with Lucerne Road to the junction of Keswick Road and St Kilda Road/Stanley Road, and is essentially an extension of the path shown in Image and Image

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 the earliest house in Lucerne Road, appearing on the 1910 large scale map at the start of the development of the Knoll area.

This cul-de-sac was built in around 1910 on land which was formerly part of the estate of Mayfield Place, on High Street. In the background can be seen the tower of Orpington College (see Image).

These are not really attached to a tree, it's a sewer vent (stink pipe) with many years of branches growing up it.

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. A line of houses in Oatfield Road, part of the early 20th Century development of the Knoll area.

Part of the inter-war development of the Knoll Rise/Broom Hill area. The route of the road (with no houses) is partially shown on the 1910 6 inch map, with full development shown on the 1938 map (based on a 1930-31 revision).

This cul-de-sac was built in around 1910 on land which was formerly part of the estate of Mayfield Place, on High Street. In the background is the tower of Orpington College.

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. St Kilda Road connects Stanley Road with Broxbourne Road, and presumably to avoid it being used as a cut through has remained unsurfaced. It is shown as a stub in the 1920 OS map leading onto the edge of the golf course where Broxbourne Road and the other roads higher up the Knoll now stand, but no houses are shown on it, suggesting initial development in the interwar years. It now contains 10 houses in all, some from that period, some more recent, and all are of different styles. This Italianate villa is the most striking.