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Alvey Street, LONDON, SE17 2AF

Beyond them is the long 10-storey Wendover block. The view is from Surrey Square Park.

The school first appears on an OS map of 1895, having been built some time in the preceding decade. On the right is part of a yellow brick church signed Abundant Grace Sanctuary, The Church of the Lord (Aladura) Worldwide; this is its Europe HQ. Surrey Square Park first appears on an OS map of 1995, where there had been terraced houses.

The doors in this terrace are in arched brick surrounds with traceried fanlight and impost band. Wider view: Image

The doors in this terrace are in arched brick surrounds with traceried fanlight and impost band. This one still has its wrought iron overthrow and lamp-holder. Wider view: Image

On the corner of Alvey Street and Surrey Grove, Grove Food & Wine appears a thriving business. Before World War II Alvey Street showed on maps as an artery to and from central London. Now it and Surrey Grove are stubs on the edge of the Aylesbury Estate. Two of the blocks in the Wolverton group are on the left.

The painted balcony-fronts of Tenterden House, on the Kinglake Estate, stand out on the left. The painted white box on the right is a corner shop, Grove Food & Wine on Alvey Street, retained from the original streets of terraced houses Image Through the gap is the 14-storey Wendover block by Thurlow Street on the Aylesbury Estate.

A magnificent Georgian terrace by Michael Searles, 1793-94, for the Rolls Estate. It was more impressive until Victorian philistines pulled down almost half of it for a school, leaving the central pediment decidedly off-centre. Each house is of three bays in three storeys and has a simple doorcase (Image], Image]). There is no skimping here - there are three openings on each storey following Palladio's dictum of void upon void, solid upon solid. The aforementioned centre is treated more grandly (Image]). Grade II listed. The whole terrace stands behind a contemporary raised pavement. Grade II listed.

The centre of Michael Searles's terrace carries a pediment containing a fan and its central window is embellished with a pediment and moulded architrave. A sill band and continuous impost band span the adjoining house each side. Full view: Image

A plan with little context. The entrance shown in Image is below the P of Park. The title of the plan is where Kinglake Street is. The long part of Surrey Grove is the car access and parking behind Southborough House flats. The white rectangle, top right corner of the plan, is the shop in Alvey Street Image