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Elderwood Place, LONDON, SE27 0HJ

Built as a school house for the House of Industry for the Infant Poor which was established here in 1810. Grade II listed. Writing in 1983, Pevsner observed that the building's future was uncertain, but having been converted into flats it now seems safe. It is within the Elderwood Road Conservation Area.

The lodge to Elderwood (Image). It was built in 1887, possibly to the designs of Sidney Smith. With its shaped gables and decorative plasterwork it's a jolly little building. It is within the Elderwood Road Conservation Area. In its planning paper Lambeth council described it as an "Outdoor Relief Station" which makes it sound a bit like a public toilet.

From the path shown in Image, this looks across the line of view of Image and includes Elderwood http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1184933&searchtype=mapsearch , the housing shown in Image On the right is a fenced multi-purpose sports court.

A "very modest" terrace (Pevsner) within the Elderwood Road Conservation Area. The houses are thought to have been built around 1855, while the pub dates from the 1920s. Lambeth Council's conservation paper comments that "they contribute in group value to the area as a whole and provide an excellent village-scale foil to the larger buildings.

A beautiful old tree in the park. A council sign has the following details: "The name of the park is a reminder that this high ground was once completely cloaked with trees and was part of the 'Great North Wood' which covered over 1,400 acres of the old county of Surrey. Over time the North Wood was gradually lost to housing, fields and roads, and by the end of the C18th it had gone completely in Lambeth. Norwood Park was officially opened to the public in 1911, and contains a splendid mix of trees, a wildlife area, playground, games court and padding pool."