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Horniman Drive, LONDON, SE23 3BJ

The third most obvious example of 1930s modernism on the Tewkesbury Lodge Estate. See also the more flamboyant Welcome Aboard https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/758554 and the third example just down the road https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6432193. Forest Hill has more than its fair share of 1930s modernist buildings as well as the Horniman Museum which is a rare example of Art Nouveau architecture in the UK.

Five detached houses line up pleasingly on a curving gradient. These have appeared in at least two television adverts.

A very pleasant corner of the Tewkesbury Lodge Estate. Built in the 1930's after the sale and demolition of the house of the same name, the roads thread their way up and along the ridge, One of the houses still has in its garden, a folly tower built in the 1880's.

A 1930s modernist villa which has been altered recently. It used have brick facing which has since been rendered and painted white. The roof line used to be where the rendering stops to the right of the stair tower, however, an extra floor was installed as seen by the cladding at the top. This is one of three modernist villas built in this road in the 1930s, the others being Welcome Aboard and Regina. Horniman Drive and the roads adjoining it were not developed until the 1930s, when the Victorian Tewkesbury Lodge was demolished and its grounds sold for development. The resulting area is thus known as the Tewkesbury Lodge Estate. The unmodified house can be seen in the blog http://daveanderson.me.uk/houses/Images/SE/23/HornimanDr1.jpg

Dating from 1935, this house was designed by Francis G. Sharp, in a style influenced by late Arts and Crafts. It was later the home of Arthur Verstage, himself an architect and reputed to have designed the first Blue Plaque and was a founder of the William Morris Society. An extension has been built recently and can just be seen behind the ivy on the right-hand side. Information credit to Sue Grindley, 20th Century Society notes 2005

A lovely unspoilt 1930's house in Forest Hill.

A bland 1980s block of flats built on the site of the orchard attached to 31, Horniman Drive, which itself was aligned to take advantage of the aspect over the garden. This explains why the house has a severe frontage onto the road and how the sale of the land for development detracted from the original design. See https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6435771

Now nearly finished - compare with the same view in spring 2008.

A house or small block of flats going up on what was part of the garden of the adjoining house. There was a line of tall eucalyptus trees along the wall, now nothing softens this bleak prospect.

Compare with https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/758375 which shows the same house in 2008. Within the last year, it has been gutted and renewed, the garage being removed and replaced by a new window in the former position of the front door with a new front door next to it. It is good to see the original patterned glass being retained.