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Parade Ground Path, LONDON, SE18 4BT

Now a substantial residential development.

Now the centrepiece of a substantial residential development.

The entrance of Image The building dates from 1805 and was designed by James Wyatt. It is listed grade 2*.

A view of the long frontage of this former military building, which in 2008 was being redeveloped for civilian housing.

Now a substantial residential development.

Redevelopment of the former Military Academy buildings appears to be continuing. Drivers in this private residential estate are required to use a one-way traffic system, exiting via one of east side gates onto Red Lion Lane, seen in the distance. The library building (built c.1808) - with its leaded ogee-domed octagonal towers was modelled on the White Tower of the Tower of London, where the architect, Sir James Wyatt, worked in his role as Surveyor-General of the Ordnance.

The central building - i.e. the library building (c.1808) - with its leaded ogee domed octagonal towers was modelled on the White Tower of the Tower of London where the architect, Sir James Wyatt, worked in his role as Surveyor-General of the Ordnance. A private, gravelled road can also be seen passing in front of the security fencing from the East Lodge (on the left) to the West Lodge in the other direction, the latter emptying onto Academy Road (a.k.a. the South Circular or A205 road). "The Green", i.e. the bare area on the left has recently been prepared and seeded by Blackheath Cricket Club as a new cricket field, it being a protected "green space" on which building is not permitted.

A small garden in front of the former Officers' Mess. This building, along with all of the others on the site, are awaiting redevelopment. The development of the whole site however, is subject to Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 that requires the inclusion of "affordable housing" and social housing. In front of this Mess block is Ashmore Road, a road that connects Red Lion Lane (behind the photographer) with Academy Road (a.k.a. the South Circular Road or the A205). Security gates at either end of it however, mean that this former military road it is not a public route.

"The Green", this huge bare area in front of the parade ground, has recently been prepared and seeded by Blackheath Cricket Club as a new cricket field. The actual "Parade Ground" is currently inside the construction company's black security fencing. The centre-most building - .i.e. the library building (c.1808) - with its leaded ogee domed octagonal towers was modelled on the White Tower of the Tower of London, where the architect, Sir James Wyatt, worked in his role as Surveyor-General of the Ordnance. A private, gravelled road runs in front of the security fencing from the West Lodge (on the right) to the East Lodge in the other direction, the latter emptying onto Red Lion Road.

A boarded-up entrance into The Great Hall and the East Lecture Hall in the central part of this former military training establishment for cadet officers. This private, gravelled road is now called Ashmore Road and it connects Red Lion Lane (behind the photographer) with Academy Road (a.k.a. the South Circular Road or the A205), although security gates at either end of it mean that it is not used as a public traffic route. It remains to be seen to what will become of the remaining former blocks although the principal developers have already committed themselves to providing "a large communal space with a big screen in The Great Hall".