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Chapel Road, LONDON, SE27 0UR

This handsome mid-19th century building has a stucco front with a pediment containing an oculus, a porch of paired Ionic columns in antis, and lower wings. Grade II listed. It is now used as a children's nursery.

A group of three charming little brick cottages which probably date from the first half of the C19th. The development of West Norwood began with the breaking up of Lord Thurlow's estate after his death in 1806. Much of this initial phase has since been swept away by subsequent development which accelerated over the second half of the C19th and during the C20th, but there are pockets of houses surviving from the early days, mostly around Knight’s Hill, Norwood High Street/Elder Road and the area between them. A light dusting of overnight snow can still be seen.

Looking east along Chapel Road and its continuation beyond the traffic lights, Gipsy Road, from near the junction with Knight's Hill.

Although primarily a residential area with a main shopping street, West Norwood also has an industrial area. Well, two streets to be precise. Winn and Coales manufacture "corrosion and chemical resistant coatings and linings for the long term protection of steel and concrete."

Another pub which has gone for a burton (or in this case a Charrington). Happily, the pub sign has survived even though it is in need of some TLC. The pub appears to have been converted to residential use.

Closed pub on the junction of Weaver Walk (on the left) and Chapel Road (in front).

Although primarily a residential area with a main shopping street, West Norwood also has an industrial area. Well, two streets to be precise. Winn and Coales manufacture "corrosion and chemical resistant coatings and linings for the long term protection of steel and concrete." Rothschild Street was laid out c1900 on the site of some Huguenot almshouses.

The left-hand section with channelled rustication dates from around 1850, while the right-hand section, with a charming little belltower, dates from 1908. Grade II listed. The building is within the Elderwood Road Conservation Area.

The long terraces of pleasing but modest, plain brick houses are not typical of West Norwood, being more redolent of workers' housing in industrial areas. The development of West Norwood began with the breaking up of Lord Thurlow's estate after his death in 1806, but it accelerated greatly with the arrival of the Crystal Palace railway in 1856; between 1851 and 1901 the population of the district of St. Luke's, Norwood increased from around 4,000 to around 36,000.

These pleasant brick houses probably date from the first half of the C19th. The development of West Norwood began with the breaking up of Lord Thurlow's estate after his death in 1806. Much of this initial phase has since been swept away by subsequent development which accelerated over the second half of the C19th and during the C20th, but there are pockets of houses surviving from the early days, mostly around Knight’s Hill, Norwood High Street/Elder Road and the area between them. A light dusting of overnight snow can still be seen.