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Belvoir Road, LONDON, SE22 0QY

This is the view from the driveway leading up to the flats known as Dawson's Heights. The parkland on the other side of the flats has one of the finest views in London - see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2635879. This is the south-facing side looking down to Overhill Road and beyond to Sydenham Hill Woods and Dulwich Woods. The Crystal Place TV Transmitter can be seen on the horizon above the house. The estate at Dawson’s Heights was constructed between 1968 and 1972 and cost in total a little over £1.6 million to build. For more information about Dawson’s Heights see https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/11/25/dawsons-heights-east-dulwich-an-example-of-the-almost-lost-art-of-romantic-townscape/ and http://www.dulwichsociety.com/newsletters/43-spring-2006/213-dawsons-hill-before-daswons-heights and https://www.failedarchitecture.com/dawsons-heights-south-london-sublime/ The view of Dawson's Heights from Dawson's Hill can be seen at http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5407257

Melford Passage is a short footpath from Overhill Road down to Melford Road in East Dulwich, South East London.

This is one of the views from the second floor of Bredinghurst.

The blocks of the Dawson Heights development frown out over more traditional housing on Belvoir Road below. Apparently, we are supposed to be thinking "Italian Hill Town" here, according to this piece from 2012. http://www.c20society.org.uk/casework/dawsons-heights-the-italian-hill-town-in-dulwich/ when there was an application for listing made. It was turned down by the Secretary of State. From the link :- "English Heritage disagree. They emphasise the architectural and design interest of the site: ‘The dramatic stepped hilltop profile is a landmark in SE London, and endows the project with a striking and original massing that possesses evocative associations with ancient cities and Italian hill towns." Err....Which Italy would that be, then....? In fact, browsing some of the other pictures from round here, I saw this one which suggests Brazil might be a better comparison. Image

The flats are Dawson's Heights in Overhill Road, East Dulwich. The estate, designed by Kate Mackintosh and built between 1968 and 1972, provides 296 homes.

Seen from Horniman Gardens: for details and a wider view, see Image

A landmark building due to its elevated position, its craggy, stepped silhouette appearing as a man-made extension to the hill atop which it stands. Its 300 flats, each with its own balcony, are in two parallel ranges separated by a green space. In contrast to many public housing projects of the time - it was built in 1964-72 - it is clad in brown brick. Designed by Southwark Architect's Department. A listing application in 2012 by the Twentieth Century Society was rejected despite being supported by English Heritage.

Possibly a deodar (Cedrus deodara).

Two blocks of flats were built at Dawson Heights in 1972. They dominate the skyline, as can be seen in images Image and Image