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Cricklade Avenue from the corner of Faygate Road
Cricklade Avenue is part of the ABCD Estate - so called after its principal roads, Amesbury, Barcombe, Cricklade and Downton Avenues. It is more properly known as Leigham Court Estate. The original part of the ABCD Estate was built on the 66 acre estate of Leigham Court which had been purchased by the Artisans, Labourers and General Dwellings Company in 1890. Development took place in the 1890s. Suburban houses were later built further away from the main road as here in Cricklade Avenue.
Image: © Marathon
Taken: 1 Sep 2010
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Faygate Road, Streatham Hill
This view from the corner of Cricklade Avenue looks along Faygate Road. These roads are part of the ABCD Estate - so called after its principal roads, Amesbury, Barcombe, Cricklade and Downton Avenues. It is more properly known as Leigham Court Estate. The original part of the ABCD Estate was built on the 66 acre estate of Leigham Court which had been purchased by the Artisans, Labourers and General Dwellings Company in 1890. Development took place in the 1890s. Suburban houses were later built further away from the main road as here.
Apart from 'G', 'I' and 'J' the other roads on the estate follow on alphabetically. These are Emsworth Street, Faygate Road, Hailsham Avenue, Keymer Road and Lydhurst Avenue.
Image: © Marathon
Taken: 7 May 2014
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Roundabout on Faygate Road, Tulse Hill
A road from Hailsham Street, divides here.
Downton Avenue leads left to Streatham Hill and right to Hillside Road.
Normanhurst Road (upper left) heads to Wavertree Road.
Also Nuthurst Road (upper right) heads to Wavertree Road.
Image: © David Anstiss
Taken: 2 Oct 2011
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Amesbury Avenue
Image: © N Chadwick
Taken: 3 Feb 2018
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St Margaret the Queen, Streatham Hill - Stained glass window
Image: © John Salmon
Taken: 2 Jul 2014
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St Margaret Church, Tulse Hill
On the junction of Faygate Road (on the left) and Barcombe Avenue (on the right).
Compare with
Image, taken in the winter time!
Image: © David Anstiss
Taken: 2 Oct 2011
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The Church of St Margaret the Queen, Streatham Hill
Seen here from the corner of Faygate Road and Barcombe Avenue, the Church of St Margaret the Queen was built in 1899 to serve the spiritual needs of the Leigham Court Estate. This estate is also known as the ABCD Estate - so called after its principal roads, Amesbury, Barcombe, Cricklade and Downton Avenues. The original part of the ABCD Estate was built on the 66 acre estate of Leigham Court which had been purchased by the Artisans, Labourers and General Dwellings Company in 1890. Development took place in the 1890s. Suburban houses were later built further away from the main road.
Apart from 'G', 'I' and 'J' the other roads on the estate follow on alphabetically. These are Emsworth Street, Faygate Road, Hailsham Avenue, Keymer Road and Lydhurst Avenue.
Due to a dwindling congregation, the final service was held at the church on 27th April 2014 after which the church was leased to Moot, a lay community based in the City of London seeking to find fresh ways of worship and involvement in the community. The parish was divided between neighbouring parishes.
Image: © Marathon
Taken: 1 Sep 2010
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St Margaret the Queen, Streatham Hill - Stained glass window
Image: © John Salmon
Taken: 2 Jul 2014
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St Margaret the Queen, Streatham Hill - War Memorials WWI & WWII
Image: © John Salmon
Taken: 2 Jul 2014
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Faygate Road
An example of the variety of motifs and materials employed in houses in this area. The turrets of St Margaret's church in the background. All is within the Leigham Court Estate Conservation Area.
The Leigham Court development was one of the first model housing estates, designed for and built specifically to house the middle classes at the end of the C19th, and anticipated the garden suburbs of the early C20th. The estate was organised so that it had a sufficient mix of maisonettes, flats and houses (around 1,000 in total), as well as shops (on Streatham Hill), and a church. It was built by the Artisans', Labourers' and General Dwellings Company, whose architect was Rowland Plumbe, in 1894-1905. Although built on a grid-iron street pattern, variety was provided by the details of elevations, e.g. porches, bay windows, gables, dormers, and by the use of different materials, e.g. red, yellow and glazed bricks, clay tiles, terracotta. The estate was purchased by the London Borough of Lambeth in 1966. Information from Lambeth Council (http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/NR/exeres/CE4B5CE1-0387-40ED-B5A9-273A5160C34A.htm ).
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: Unknown
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