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Barham Road

Fishpond Wood

Beverley Meadsnature reserve . where Wimbledon Rugby Club plays.

Copse Hill

Conservation area.Widened in 1925 and much housing from that period.

Prospect Place. Built in the mid 18^th by a goldsmith with grounds by Repton. Sold to developers in 1871 and villas built. Prospect Place demolished 1860s.

The Firs.  Built for Christian Socialists Thomas Hughes and John Ludlow and where Tom Brown’s Schooldays were written. Demolished and became a nurses’ home.

Christ Church. By S. S. Teulon. Built 1859-6 enlarged 1881. A powerful composition, with a sturdy tower above the chancel, capped by a pyramid roof and steer gabled dormers. The circular stair-turret 1875, when F. C. Penrose added the choir vestry. The tower is picturesquely buttressed by adjuncts of different heights: twin-gabled organ chamber, tall transept, and sanctuary with decorated window. Long nave without clerestory but very quirky capitals. Bay and all added 1881 by Charles Maylard. Reredos. 1907-12 by C. Shearman. Sedilia made up of arcading formerly against the wall. Stained Glass aisle window by Hugh Arnold, 1908.

Vicarage by David Rock & Robert Smart, 1964-6. Brick, monopitched roof, with garage and parish room protecting in front

Atkinson Morley Hospital. Established 1869. It incorporates Cottenham House, an older building. Built on the site of Prospect Place by a hotelier who had trained as a doctor. Wolfson Neurosurgery Unit from Second World War- this remains although the main hospital has moved to Tooting.

Cottenham House. Grade II listed. Steep slate roof. Mid to late C19 detached house

Former stables now workshops. Listed Grade II,  Early to mid C19 stables, now a workshop.

Cottenham Park Estate built on the site of Prospect Place’s grounds.  Named after former owner Charles Pepys Earl of Cottenham,Lord Chancellor. New roads in the area given aristocratic names.

Cottenham Park Farm. Piggeries and orchards survivied until the 1930s.

St.Matthew’s Church  1927  although part of the site used from 1909. destroyed by a flying bomb in 1944 and rebuilt in 1958.

Holland Gardens opened in 1929 in emory of Sir Arthur Holland a local benefactor

Copse Hill Estate

Early Span style. Wimpey in house team. Detailing sharper and cleaner cut than Span.

Drax Avenue

2a House using concrete slabs and materials not used in Quality housing. One recent house worth a detour by Arup Associates, an elegant L-shaped composition. Concrete blockwork. Projecting upper floor. A carport to the road, a secluded raised garden

Thurston Road

Small cottages in the 19^th.