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Auckland Road, Upper Norwood
"Down these mean streets, a man must go..." Auckland Road is more Diary of a Nobody than The Big Sleep, but was nonetheless from 1900 to 1905 home to the teenage Raymond Chandler: his house, on the left, has since October 2014 been honoured with an English Heritage blue plaque.
Image: © Christopher Hilton
Taken: 2 May 2015
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Auckland Road, Upper Norwood: Raymond Chandler's house
"Down these mean streets, a man must go..." Auckland Road is more Diary of a Nobody than The Big Sleep, but was nonetheless from 1900 to 1905 home to the teenage Raymond Chandler: his house, on the left, has since October 2014 been honoured with an English Heritage blue plaque.
Image: © Christopher Hilton
Taken: 2 May 2015
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Auckland Road, Upper Norwood: Raymond Chandler's house
"Down these mean streets, a man must go..." Auckland Road is more Diary of a Nobody than The Big Sleep, but was nonetheless from 1900 to 1905 home to the teenage Raymond Chandler: his house, here, has since October 2014 been honoured with an English Heritage blue plaque.
Image: © Christopher Hilton
Taken: 2 May 2015
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St John the Evangelist, Auckland Road, in snow
The architect, J. Loughborough Pearson, built the similarly Anglo-Catholic church of St Michael and All Angels in Croydon (
Image).
Image: © Christopher Hilton
Taken: 8 Feb 2007
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Looking south-southwest along Auckland Road
Image: © Basher Eyre
Taken: 20 Jan 2018
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St John the Evangelist, Auckland Road, Upper Norwood
The church of St John the Evangelist in Auckland Road, Upper Norwood is a Grade 1 listed building and is one of the most important Victorian buildings in South London. Under the guidance of the first vicar, William La Trobe Bateman, it was designed by John Loughborough Pearson, possibly the greatest ecclesiastical architect of the nineteenth century gothic revival. See http://www.stjohn-uppernorwood.org.uk/ The church boasts an excellent choir, and is used regularly for concert performances.
Image: © Philip Talmage
Taken: 17 Aug 2005
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High altar of St John's church
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 18 Sep 2008
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Looking from St John's Churchyard across Auckland Road
Image: © Basher Eyre
Taken: 20 Jan 2018
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Interior of St John's church
The nave of
Image, looking west. There is an unusual covered baptistery area at the rear, with the church entrances either side of it.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 18 Sep 2008
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St John Evangelist, Sylvan Road
By John Loughborough Pearson, 1878-87, in an Early English Gothic style with a pair of turrets and a rose window. It was restored after bomb damage by Caroe and Partners, 1946-51. Grade II* listed.
Pearson (1817-97) worked for Ignatius Bonomi, Anthony Salvin and Philip Hardwick before establishing his own practice in 1843. He worked in the Gothic style, becoming one of the leading Victorian church architects.
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: Unknown
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