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Beehive Lane from Barclays Bank car park
The Gants Hill branch of Barclays Bank has a tiny car park, giving this view of Beehive Lane. The large column at the right of the picture, if you're wondering, is a metal telegraph pole. View taken looking north.
Image: © Robert Lamb
Taken: 13 Jun 2008
0.08 miles
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St George's Road, Ilford
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 6 Jun 2020
0.11 miles
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The scullery in Valentines Mansion
The mansion is believed to have been originally built in 1696-7 for Elizabeth Tillotson and her family after the death of her husband, the Archbishop of Canterbury. She was a niece of Oliver Cromwell. At that time the new brick house stood in open countryside, several miles from the edge of London. In the 1720s City merchant and banker Robert Surman bought the estate and created the walled gardens, dovecote and grottoes. In the 1760s the new owner Sir Charles Raymond spent part of his fortune from the East India trade renovating Valentines, giving the house its Georgian appearance,
The southern part of what is now Valentines Park was declared officially open to the public "for ever" on 16th September 1899 when it was called Central Park. The grand opening was attended by 10,000 people. At this point Central Park extended to just 47 acres.
The last private resident of Valentines was Sarah Ingleby who died in 1906. The Council acquired the house in 1912 and added it to the rest of Central Park, at which time the name of the whole park was changed to Valentines Park. Since then the mansion has been a home to wartime refugees, a hospital, a public health centre and a Council housing department. After standing empty for 15 years, Valentines was opened to the public in 2009. It is Grade II* listed.
With further purchases the park was gradually extended to its present size of 136 acres and renamed in the early 20th century.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentines_Park for more information.
The dairy wing was formerly an Orangery with tall glazed windows, built in the 1700s to grow highly prized exotic fruits as a symbol of wealth to visitors. Around 1809 the Orangery was turned into a scullery, pantry and dairy. This is the scullery where dish washing, laundry and food preparation like peeling vegetables were done.
Image: © Marathon
Taken: 24 Aug 2016
0.13 miles
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View of houses on Cranbrook Rise and Frenford Youth Club from Wanstead Lane
Looking south-southeast.
Image: © Robert Lamb
Taken: 22 Nov 2013
0.14 miles
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Valentines Mansion
The front entrance to Valentines Mansion, Valentines Park.
Image: © Ian Cranston
Taken: 25 Sep 2010
0.15 miles
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Valentines Mansion
The rear of Valentines Mansion, a grade 2 listed mansion in Valentines Park, previously owned by the Ingleby family.
Image: © Ian Cranston
Taken: 25 Sep 2010
0.15 miles
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Gants Hill street scene
Taken in Blenheim Avenue, near to Gants Hill roundabout. I'm not sure if this deserves to be called an avenue, but Blenheim Car Park doesn't sound quite the same.
Image: © Andrew Dann
Taken: 4 Feb 2006
0.16 miles
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Valentines Mansion, Valentines Park
Image: © David Smith
Taken: 11 Aug 2016
0.16 miles
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Valentines Mansion
The mansion is believed to have been originally built in 1696-7 for Elizabeth Tillotson and her family after the death of her husband, the Archbishop of Canterbury. She was a niece of Oliver Cromwell. At that time the new brick house stood in open countryside, several miles from the edge of London. In the 1720s City merchant and banker Robert Surman bought the estate and created the walled gardens, dovecote and grottoes. In the 1760s the new owner Sir Charles Raymond spent part of his fortune from the East India trade renovating Valentines, giving the house its Georgian appearance,
The southern part of what is now Valentines Park was declared officially open to the public "for ever" on 16th September 1899 when it was called Central Park. The grand opening was attended by 10,000 people. At this point Central Park extended to just 47 acres.
The last private resident of Valentines was Sarah Ingleby who died in 1906. The Council acquired the house in 1912 and added it to the rest of Central Park, at which time the name of the whole park was changed to Valentines Park. Since then the mansion has been a home to wartime refugees, a hospital, a public health centre and a Council housing department. After standing empty for 15 years, Valentines was opened to the public in 2009. It is Grade II* listed.
With further purchases the park was gradually extended to its present size of 136 acres and renamed in the early 20th century.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentines_Park for more information.
Image: © Marathon
Taken: 24 Aug 2016
0.16 miles
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Valentines Mansion
Valentines Mansion seen from the North.
Image: © I M Chengappa
Taken: 27 Nov 2006
0.16 miles