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Raglan Road, REIGATE, RH2 0HP

Mid 19th Century group of buildings on Raglan Road by its junction with Gatton Road.

1980s cul de sac off Brightlands Road.

The 1871 large scale map of Reigate shows Brightlands Road as a cut between Wray Park Road and Raglan Road, with only one large house in the road, surrounded by extensive grounds. This was Brightlands, situated where the modern house on the right of the photo now stands. It was only in the 1950s that the road started being developed further, with a few houses being built in the grounds of Brightlands, and it was not until the 1970s that Brightlands itself was demolished, to be replaced by the house seen here. The historic importance of Brightlands was that it was the home of the Victorian photographer, Francis Frith, whose photographic printing works was in Reigate - see Image For photos of the original house see http://www.francisfrith.com/reigate/photos/brightlands-c1885_r20312 and http://www.francisfrith.com/reigate/photos/francis-frith-at-brightlands-c1885_r20311 (the latter showing Francis Frith himself relaxing in the garden of the house).

Large 19th Century house in Alders Road, marked simply as Caverswall on older maps, now subdivided into flats.

Large mid 19th Century house in Alders Road, subdivided into 6 flats in the 1980s. Locally listed.

A house is shown here on the 1895 Godfrey Edition map as being an outbuilding for Birdhurst, a now demolished large house between Raglan Road and Wray Park Road. Its current appearance and a comparison of that and current large scale mapping would suggest that, if it is the same building, the front wings are subsequent additions (as clearly are the side extensions).

A large mid 19th century house in Alma Road, now a care home. Grade II listed - see www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1180277.

A large mid 19th century house in Alma Road, now a care home. Grade II listed - see www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1180277. The gates are separately grade II listed - see www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1029171.

A large mid 19th century house in Alma Road, now a care home. Grade II listed - see www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1180277.

Houses on Alma Road. No 47 (The Copse), on the right, is mid 19th Century and locally listed. No 49 is later, a building first being shown on the site on the 1914 1,2500 map, possibly as a garage to the main house, which was presumably later converted.