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Champion Hill, LONDON, SE5 8BT

The Fox on the Hill pub on Denmark Hill, with a fox statue in the foreground.

Built between 1936 and 1954 to the designs of architect Alexander Stuart Gray of Watkins Gray Architects. More on the block at this http://c20society.org.uk/botm/ruskin-park-house-london/. Following his retirement from a very successful practice A.S. Gray devoted his retirement years to compiling his "Edwardian Architecture : a Biographical Dictionary" (London : Duckworth, 1985). He spent much of time in the Library of the Royal Institute of British Architects, where this contributor met him and sought out research materials for him. A.S. Gray died in 1989. One of the entries in his dictionary is for the architect John Belcher who designed a house for himself ("Redholm" Image]), on a site opposite to where Ruskin Park House stands. For a similar development on North London see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4747250.

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The development, on Champion Hill, is in three blocks; block A, on the right, is the central and was completed first in 1951. Beyond is block C. You can just see the dark corner of block B on the extreme right http://www.ruskinparkhouse.org.uk/estate-information.php .

Both apparently in the same compound, are, on the left, Hambleden Clinic GP Surgery, and on the right Denmark Hill Neighbourhood Community Centre.

View northward taken from the car by Ferndene Road, Ruskin Park being on the left. The tower ahead to the right is the Salvation Army Museum.

The more wooded eastern end.

Ruskin Park gets its name from John Ruskin, the famous artist, writer and social campaigner, who lived nearby from 1823 to 1871. At the start of the 20th century, local residents campaigned for a new park in Denmark Hill, and the designer J.J. Sexby laid out the site. Ruskin Park was officially opened to the public on 2nd February 1907, and was enlarged in 1910 by adding a further 12 acres of land to the south. The Portico used to be one of six large villas which fronted Denmark Hill in the 19th century. When Ruskin Park opened to the public, the villas were demolished and the land, including the Portico, was incorporated into the park.

Ruskin Park gets its name from John Ruskin, the famous artist, writer and social campaigner, who lived nearby from 1823 to 1871. At the start of the 20th century, local residents campaigned for a new park in Denmark Hill, and the designer J.J. Sexby laid out the site. Ruskin Park was officially opened to the public on 2nd February 1907, and was enlarged in 1910 by adding a further 12 acres of land to the south. The Portico used to be one of six large villas which fronted Denmark Hill in the 19th century. When Ruskin Park opened to the public, the villas were demolished and the land, including the Portico, was incorporated into the park. The flats just glimpsed beyond are on Champion Hill.