IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Highwood Close, LONDON, SE22 8NR

The road here forms part of the A205 South Circular Road; the spire of St Peter's Church is visible on the left.

An Oak tree lined avenue cut in the 1740s.

An Oak tree lined avenue cut in 1740.

Most of these very large houses are subdivided into flats, of which the line of wheelie bins is a tell-tale sign.

This grade II listed building was a C of E church then sold to be RC. It has now been sold on again to a pentecostal group.

This oak-lined formal avenue is known as Cox's Walk and leads from the junction of Dulwich Common and Lordship Lane into Sydenham Hill Woods. It was cut soon after 1732 by Francis Cox to connect his establishment of the Green Man Tavern and Dulwich Wells with the more popular Sydenham Wells. In 1739, Francis Cox sank a well for his own family. The water was found to be possessed of purgative qualities, and was for some time used medicinally. Whilst the water was popular much custom was drawn to the adjoining tavern, and its proprietor flourished. The Green Chain Walk now follows Cox's Walk between Sydenham Hill Woods and Dulwich Park.

St Peter's is a former Church of England church, financed in part by the Horniman family who set up the nearby museum. After the Church of England declared it redundant it passed to a pentecostal group. The derelict house is believed to be the only surviving 19th-century concrete house in England. In 1867 Charles Drake patented the use of iron panels for concrete shuttering and six years later his Patent Concrete Building Company erected his house. For years it stood derelict, its architectural significance meaning that it could not be demolished. After this photograph was taken it was restored and converted to flats, the renovated building being reopened in 2013. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lordship_Lane,_Southwark for more information on the house and surrounding area.

A former C of E church, financed in part by the Horniman family who set up the nearby museum. The C of E no longer needed it and it is now owned by a pentecostal group; the church hall to the right seems to be used more than the (listed) church building.

A former C of E church, financed in part by the Horniman family who set up the nearby museum. The C of E no longer needed it and it is now owned by a pentecostal group.