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Postcodes |
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SE26
6HL |
10 16 20 22 24 |
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SE26
6HP |
99 101 103 105 107 109 111 113 115 117 119 121 123 125
127 129 131 133 135 137 139 141 143 145 147 149 151 153 155 157 159 161
163 |
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SE26
6HW |
1 3 5 47 49 51 53 55 57 59 61 63 65 67 69 71 73 75 77
79 81 83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 |
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SE26
6HX |
14 |
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SE26
6XD |
32 34 36 |
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SE26
6XH |
40 |
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SE26
6XN |
44-46 |
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SE26
6XJ |
48 50 52 54 56 183 185 187 191 |
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Photograph 1
Lewisham Council replaced
all the street signs in the 1990s. The old sign was subtitled 'late Westwood
Road'. Today's Lawrie Park Gardens is one of the few roads in London to be
wide, have little traffic (or road humps) and parked cars. Hence it is a haven
for all the local Driving Schools as one of the few places the unaccomplished
can exercise a three point turn with unharried ease.
Photograph
2
Another street of eclectic home design. The first five houses (48 to
56) are 'Christmas' homes - they were built by Mr Christmas of Forest Hill in
the popular 'Mock Tudor' style of the time - 1928. The orchard belonging to
number 56 (centre) was recently sold off and a block flats built in a pastiche
style. The coach house behind number 56 used to be the studio of Rolf Harris
when he lived in Border Road - which runs
parallel behind.
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Photograph 3
191 Lawrie Park Gardens - one of a
matched pair of substantial homes (see below). These were built between 1857
and 1866 by William Godwin who lived here and built around twenty other homes
in the area at the time. The last owner died recently and number 191 has been
undergoing substantial refurbishment. It is let as flats.
Photograph
4
Woolwich House - four houses up from number 191 on the corner of
Hall Drive. Its name reportedly derived from
being the former residence of the Bishop of Woolwich - the Church of England
suffragan bishop for the area. In the early 1990s this was refurbished and a
left wing added. Woolwich House is now composed of individually owned
apartments.
Photograph 5
The Firs, 44-46 Lawrie Park
Gardens is a rather uninspiring block of modern privately owned flats. However
the name is famous as being the home of Emily Dorman who married
Ernest Shackleton from Westwood Hill and
became Lady Shackleton as a result of his Antarctic Adventures.
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