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Lubbock Road, CHISLEHURST, BR7 5JZ

House on Camden Park Road, part of the development of the road by William Willett (of daylight saving fame). Bonchester was designed by Ernest Newton and built in 1898. It is grade II listed - for listing particulars see www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1101795. From 1908 to 1922 it was home of Sir Malcolm Campbell, world water and land speed record holder - the blue plaque on the chimney breast commemorates this.

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Camden Park Road is a private gated road and is the most exclusive road in Chislehurst. This is nearer the top end where the road starts to drop down. Chislehurst Golf Course is on the other side of the road whilst enormous houses and gardens are on this side.

Lubbock Road, with Porrington Close on the right. The house on the right is Seven Trees (originally called Rosedale), dating from 1872. In the early part of the Second World War it served as a refuge for Czech Jewish children, rescued from Prague by a local society, the Barbican Mission to the Jews. It is locally listed.

This rather exclusive golf club has a very impressive club house - Camden Place. The early 18C mansion was the home of the deposed emperor Napoleon III from 1870 until his death in 1873. It has been a golf club from 1894. The photograph was taken on the course on a rather chilly morning before any golfers were out.

Built in 1872 to a design of the architects W G Habershon and A R Pite at the instigation of Lord Sydney who disagreed with the high churchmanship of the existing churches in Chislehurst, St Nicholas' Church and the Church of the Annunciation. It is locally listed. When originally built, it had a tower and spire at the west end of the nave. This was removed in 1880 to allow the nave to be extended, and was replaced with the current tower situated at the end of the south aisle.

From an old photo on the church's website http://www.christchurchchislehurst.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=107 (2nd column, 3rd photo down) it looks as though originally the tower was in line with the nave and had a spire.

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This rather exclusive golf club has a very impressive club house - Camden Place. The early 18C mansion was the home of the deposed emperor Napoleon III from 1870 until his death in 1873. It has been a golf club from 1894. The photograph was taken on the course on a rather chilly February morning before any golfers were out and about. The course slopes downhill beyond the trees.