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Academy Road

Academy Orchard.  Planted in 1990s over a reservoir.  Old hedge and bank with a rare vetch.

Castle Wood

Castle Wood.  An area of woodland, in part forming a dense pattern of tall trees. Its dominant features are Severndroog Castle and a large rose garden, which is on the site of Castlewood House (built 1870, now demolished). The house and its grounds were acquired by the London County Council in 1922 as the result of a campaign, and added to the public park already existing around Severndroog Castle. From the terrace above the garden there is a fine view over Eltham towards the North Downs.

Rose Cottage To the east of the terrace a highly ornamented house of the 1870s with rustic porch and great Dutch gables, formerly the lodge for Castlewood House.

Reservoir - In 1914 Metropolitan Board of Works bought the area and built a small reservoir in the woods to the westof Severndroog Castle. On the west side of the Wood is a grassed area. 1920

Rose garden with giant redwood tree, looking incongruous

Castlewood House, demolished by London County Council

Clarke’s soft water plant was on the green flat area on the right.  This is thesite of a former plant, which was supposed by most peopleto be a reservoir.   In fact it was used to supply theRoyal Herbert Hospital with soft water.   Without   being too scientific,  "hardness” in waterdescribes its inability to form lather with soap.   It isdue to compounds of calcium and magnesium, which enter thewater from certain types of ground through which the waterflows.    The effects of these, apart from difficultlathering, can be damaging and even dangerous in hot watersystems, boilers, etc.  A large institution such as ahospital must therefore have a "soft" water supply.In this case the plant used Clark's process, in whichcertain of the compounds mentioned are dealt with byadding controlled quantities of lime.   The actual buildingwas removed in the 1930s

Severndroog Castlebuilt as a Memorial to William James. He died at his daughter's wedding and his widow built the tower. Originally had armour from the siege in it. The Royal Engineers used it for an observation post while making early OS maps.  eccentric, triangular. In darkness or poor light, the tower takes on a rather menacing appearance, and provided a perfect location for the sinister 2001 movie,Mr In-Between. A tall triangular battlemented tower by Richard Jupp 1784, an extraordinary folly with Gothic arches and windows, surrounded by the trees of Castle Wood. The inscription on the stone plaque on the side facing south-west is transcribed on a tablet in a more legible position on the side facing north. It was built by the widow of Commodore Sir William James to celebrate his naval exploits, in particular his capture in 1755 of the island fortress of Severndroog (no longer existing) off the Malabar Coast of India. At that time the Castle was just to the north of the grounds of the James mansion of Park Farm Place, Eltham. In 1869 the Castle became part of the grounds of Castlewood House, which was built on the wooded slopes below. The Castle and the area around it were sold to the London County Council c 1900 to become a public park. From one of the turrets there are some of the finest views anywhere in London, unrestricted in all directions except to the north-east. The main room on the first floor has a fine ornamental plaster ceiling. Listed Grade II* but at one time considered to be at risk.

Cleanthus Road

Ancient wall in the grounds of the flats.  There are two possibilities.  TheManor House, originally called the Shrubbery, could havehad some off-site structures.  Or the wall is afragment of part of the old "Bull" complex.  Entrance tothe Manor House was from Cleanthus Road, which was athrough road until the present site was laid out.  From the gate could be seen a pair oflarge urns and a figure in the form of a harp whichlooked   somewhat   like   a   small   ship's   figurehead.

Constitution Hill

Reservoir 1890. 300,000 gall. 320' OD Kent Water Co.

Craigholm

Cut that was made in 1980

Vicarage firsthouse

Donaldson Road

Called after the Chief Superintendent of OrdnanceFactories from 1903 to 1916, Sir F. Donaldson, KCB.  Hewas drowned in the latter year when HMS Hampshire, whichwas also carrying Lord Kitchener, struck a mine on theway to Russia.  Marks the western extremity of Broomhalland was formed to lead into the Wimpey estate.  

Eaglesfield Road

Does this have a connection with Lidgebird's eagles on his crest

Eaglesfield School, buildings of 1925 the science extensions of 1961-2 are a prominent landmark. Shuttered concrete and brick, with the tough detailing typical of the L.C.C.'s work of the time.  Has become used as a sixth form and further education college.

Flats in the Eaglesfield fire station1912 vaguely arts and crafts. A handsome building of 1912 Note the oriel windows and the impressive skyline with closely packed dormers.  Fire Brigade Branch of the L C C Architect's Department. typical of their best designs. 1912, probably by C.-C. Winmill. Romantic roof-line with high pitched gables and tall chimneys- facade with oriel windows. Has become housing.

Eaglesfield Wood. in the school grounds. This is a wood on a steep slope with a pond, mature trees, newts, tipping rough, clearings with brambles, birds, etc.. 

Eaglesfield Recreation Ground. Highest point on shooters hill. Children’s playground on the site of the Lily Pond - 14ft higher than the cross on St. Paul’s. Embraces the actual summit of the hill. There are sensational views towards the east over Erith, Bexleyheath and Bexley.

Lowood. A large house in stuccoed concrete of 1874; since 1925 it has been the clubhouse of the Shooters Hill Golf Club. The east front has three distinctive gables.

Hill End

Site of Lidgebird family’s brickfields in Plumstead. Built Broom Hall in 1733 demolished in the 1930s. Workmens cottages called Old Granary. High Sheriff of Kent and two eagles on the crest – having made a fortune from supplying brick to the Arsenal.

Jackwood

Jack Wood. Name Probably from the word jack in the sense 'smaller in size' - that is, relative to Oxleas Wood. The wood has a wide variety of trees - Oak, birch, hornbeam, guelder rose, midland thorn, buckthorn, wild cherry and service. A streams runs through the wood and beside grows remote sedge, tufted hairgrass and yellow pimpernel.  Another rarity to be found is butcher's broom, a member of the lily family. Several people sighted an escaped puma.

Site of Nightingale Hall built by Sir John Shaw in the 1780s. The lease expired in 1811 and a  house called Wood Lodge was built there, and called ‘Crown’ in 1916. Jackwood House built 1862-3 and became the home of Ned Goodwin and Maxine Elliott. It was visited by Edward VII and Beerbolm Tree. The walled garden and the grounds were open to the public. There is a wrought iron gate with a coronet and letter ‘P’ for James Palisted Wilde QC, Lord Penzance who lived there. This house was demolished in 1927 and the site was taken over by the London County Council who opened the grounds when the leases expired. They built the cafe and toilets. The north part of the woodland is dominated by the ornamental terrace and gardens of Jackwood House  - including a fountain of 1873 with a lion's head. To the west of the terrace is an enclosed ornamental garden. The site of the house is an area of flower-beds east of the terrace. 

House late 19th century to the north of this site.  Rather fanciful – it was the staff quarters.

The Lodge a late 19th century house which was the lodge for Jackwood House, is on Crown Woods Lane by the entrance into Jackwood.

Hillwood House.  Parks Department London County Council.

Red Lion Lane

This was the original road from Shooters Hill to Woolwich. The southern part is a tree-lined village-type street, with considerable atmosphere. The west side consists mainly of varied mid 19th century cottages.

126 of c 1840

Red Lion Place

Original Road from Shooters Hill to Woolwich. An enclave of houses c1886.

6 Red Lion, A pub of 1902, replacing a much older building. It is attractive externally and internally. Note the grotesque figure on top of the corner gable. The pub is at the centre of Red Lion Place,

Post Office. Shooters Hill Post Office next door to the Red Lion from 1640s till 1971

Boundary marker.  This used to be seen on the west side of Red Lion Lane opposite the entranceto Eaglesfield School, though in late 1988 the owner ofno. 12 put up a fence enclosing it

Back of Red Lion Pumping Station and a pump

8 Eagle

80 behind it was a medicinal well magnesium sulphate, Nathaniel Grew and Epsom salts Moult Brothers made Epsom Salts from the water, did not succeeds as a spa because the military were interested in it, 1884 still there with a sapper in charge

120, 1840

Shooters Hill

Isolated mass of London clay covered with sand and gravel, rainwater comes out as springs. Syncline ENE/WSW. has preserved a great thickness of the tertiary cover overlying the chalk and Shooters Hill rising to 424 ft is composed largely of a remnant of Tertiary London clay. British trackway to early burials then Roman Road.  Hills steam wagon at 16 mph at Shooters Hill. 8 mph. General Steam Carriage Co. Gibbet. Top taken off it in 1817 by the Turnpike Trust.

157/159 old site of Bull.  Corner of Cleanthus Road - at the eastern extremity of the old "Bull" Hotel as it was in its heyday, a much larger establishment than the present pub and situated to the east of it; houses now occupy this part of the site. At one time it was  used for banqueting by officers of The Royal Artillery before they had their own mess. It is recorded that in 1783 the officers entertained General Williams there after his return from the siege of Gibraltar

Stepped stone block.  On the pavement by the kerbside there is a truly venerable relic - a horse-mounting block.  The stone was part of the facilities of the "Bull" in the days when customers travelled on horseback.  It disappeared from local knowledge in the 1870s, to make a dramatic reappearance in 1926 in Bexleyheath, where, it transpired, it had arrived as the result of a drunken prank.  Once discovered, it was installed once more as near as possible to the place it occupied formerly, as shown in a sketch of the "Bull" made in 1857.  During   the   preparation   of   the   stone   for   its restoration with substantial foundations to prevent any future pranks it was stated that the age of the block is200 to 300 years.  In fact, upperlimit of the possible age of the block is no less than astaggering 700 years.  Back wrong way up.  White stone block at the back could be a hinge support. It is in front of the site of The Bull, a large and well-known tavern demolished in 1881. The block was re-erected here in 1929.

162 Holbrook House. 1780, enlarged 1838.  Dr. Remington lived there and became nursery of GLC Parks Dept.. A villa c1838, which may incorporate some late 18th century structure; it was enlarged in 1862. It is the sole survivor of a number of 19th century villas which were formerly near the crown of the road.

red brick house built in 1784 by Dr.Gore at the back of the Red Lion and insured and then burnt it. He was hanged. General Grant lived there

30 A deep well with 50 ft of brickwork and a boring to 300 ft, believed not to have been filled in lying under the roadway. unchecked rumour included in the report of Greenwich Committee on underground cavities

49/57 interesting group.

53, a house c1835 with a modern shop front,

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57 Prospect Cottage, a house c1816 with 'Gothick' windows. Dr. Watson 1747 experiment with electrical condensers for wireless signals Member of the Royal Society passed electricity through 9,000 ft of earth water on the Thames and through 10,000 ft or wire at Shooters Hill, Princess Charlotte's tutor

Gateway leads to the aerials used by the Port of LondonAuthority for river traffic control.  

Castlewood Day Hospital. . Splendid foundation stone of the Cottage Hospital. Properly called the Woolwich and Plumstead Cottage Hospital, and having 14 beds, it was built on land leased by the War Department.  Patients were admitted in 1890. The opening ceremony was performed by the Viscountess Wolseley in 1890, her husband having been called away to Dublin to take over command of the forces in Ireland. In 1928 the hospital affairs were absorbed by the new War Memorial   Hospital, and the building was used as accommodation for nurses of that establishment.   The Cottage Hospital later worked as a Day Centre. There was also a brass plate.   It was in the main hall but was subsequently missing. It was an acknowledgement of the debt owed to William Woodford.  It recorded that Mr. Woodford initiatedthe idea of the Hospital, gave £500 towards it, and workedassiduously to bring it into being.    He was HonorarySecretary for 22 years.  An unusual vernacular building of 1889, with a tile-hung upper floor and attractive decorative features. Note the foundation stone by the entrance.

Ancient wall to the left of the PLA gate thepart beyond having been replaced by a modern version.The OS map for 1869 shows the ancient wall, while the1897 map shows this wall plus an extension rearwards. Amap of 1930 shows thecorner site as the "Old Granary" and the wall appears tohave been the division between this and Broomhall.The Old Granary was formed from three 18thcentury cottages and disappeared about the same time asBroom Hall.   There is no evidence that grain was everstored there and the place was renamed Hollyhurst formany years before its destruction.

Bench mark. On the corner wallof the last house before Donaldson Road, acement or concrete patch on the wall bench mark of 385.6 feet at this point.

Broom Hall.This was built in 1733 byjohn Lidgbird, a notable local landowner and lasted until1932, when it was demolished by Wates Ltd. to build thesemi-detached villas between the wall and ShrewsburyLane.   The evidence for the 1733 date is curious.  Theshutters of the dining room were acquired by ColonelBagnold.  The date was on the shutters, executed in cloutnails, with the initials I.L.  above.     The Colonelinterpreted the initials as J.L., for John Lidgbird.Broom Hall name may be derived from theprofusion of the plant genesta, commonly called broom,which grew abundantly hereabouts.

Bull Hotel.  Used to be much bigger, and to the east.  On the corner of Shrewsbury Lane isthe name stone over the corner door of the "Bull,” whichis now bricked up.  The stone carries the date ofthe present building, 1881, and the alleged date of theoriginal "Bull,” 1749.  The roof of the building hasbeen renewed in recent years, and roof ornaments in theform of sunflowers, probably of iron, were discarded, inspite of the building's listed status.  In the reargarden is a white stone block of uncertain origin, which may have been a hinge support foran outer gate on to the highway.  Landmann 1785 dinner at Bull Tavern.  Once had Assembly Rooms and was very much bigger. Unused rooms became Wickham House Academy, a private school.

Castle House Lodge.A mid 19th century house, originally the lodge for Castle House (built 1823, now demolished), whose site is now in the grounds of the Woolwich Memorial Hospital

Catherine Wheel in 1778 demolished and replaced with Hazelwood House. Opposite The Bull.

Christ Church School. dates from 1857, having had itsbeginnings in a private house in Red Lion Lane.  It hasbeen extended since, and plans are under way for a furtherexpansion at the rear.  The 1963 extension, to the west,has the following legend on its front:CHRIST CHURCH SCHOOLBuilt 1857Enlarged 1963M.V.WOOD E.W.HANCOCKHeadmistress Vicar.  The windows of the original building were altered at thetime of the enlargement. To the east is Christ Church School. Old village school .

Christ Church. On land to replace Wickham House when demolished.  A small Victorian Gothic church of 1856, the east end added in 1869. The exterior is unexceptional, but the interior is interesting, with the atmosphere of a village church. Fine east end stained glass window of 1869 and a series of unusual roof shields. In 1900 Temple Moore added a coloured chancel screen, two large figures of winged angels in the chancel, and the decorated cornices. 1855-6 by Tress & Chambers. Small.

Campbell House.  Where the pavement isseveral feet above the road surface.  In this bank, are thesteps from the pavement to the road surface, whichserved the occupants of two large semi-detached houses, which existed until the Second World War?  They werecalled Campbell House and The Limes.  Large stone balls surmounted the entrance gate pillars.  The houses, of five storeys, were built in1779 by John Burton on ground leased by Henry Lidgbird.  It is just possible that they were intended as oneresidence, and it is invariably the Campbell House namethat figures in articles about them.  The earlier name wasShooters Hill House, the new name coming in about 1860.  Local worthies who resided at Campbell House includeSir   John   Campbell   Bt.   of   Airde, Major-GeneralSir W. Campbell Bt., the Reverend T. B. Wilson, whileVicar of Christ Church, and A. F. Hogg, when Principal ofWoolwich Polytechnic.  The present LCC structure retainsthe Campbell name.

Gibbet – by the site of the police station at the crossroads, another site used was in the Golf Course and stump of a third was in a house by Lower Eaglesfield.

Golden Lion.halfway down the London side of the hill. The Golden Lion was the badge of the Lion of Flanders

Well. Hamlet round the Red Lion in eighteenth century and near Christ Church school was 'the dipping well' and a pump filled in in 1863 when Kent Water Works laid on a pipe, In 1904 supply still intermittent.

Telegraph.  Memorial Hospital.  Built on what was thenknown as the Telegraph Field.  This name commemorates theAdmiralty Telegraph, which operated on the site from1796 to 1816.  Telegraph tower.  Semaphore station, Sent messages to Swanscombe from Telegraph Hill

Memorial Hospital.  Major C. E. S. Phillips, owner of Castle House on the south face of the hill, offered the site for the War Memorial Hospital, the deal being concluded at £2,500 in 1919.  At the opening ceremony of the Hospital, carried out in November 1927 by the Duke and Duchess of York, Major and Mrs. Phillips presented the Association with £2,500, making, in effect, a gift of the land. The foundation stone of the hospital next to the main entrance commemorates the ceremony undertaken by Field Marshal His Royal Highness Arthur Duke of Connaught KG on July 7th 1925.  Hall of Remembrance inside. A modest classical building of 1927 set in large grounds including woodland similar to the adjoining Castle Wood. Just beyond the vestibule is the Hall of Remembrance, a small marble rotunda.  Note the enamelled roundel of The Good Samaritan by Gilbert Bayes, and stained glass windows of St Joan and St George.

Memorial Hospital Grounds.  There is, in a remote part of the hospital grounds, amysterious group of stones so massive that theycould have come only from a major building.  They lie ona centre line through the hospital plan, about twentyyards from the boundary with Stoney Alley.  The mapsshow no such building on the spot.  They are laid out insome order, and it appears that they must have beentransported from nearby.  The most likely place would beCastle House, for the ground on which the Hospital wasbuilt, as stated above, was in the ownership of Majorand Mrs. Phillips of that house.

Milestone. On the bank grassy bank in front of Christ Church, This was once on the north side of the road, but in 1903 a steamroller hit it.  It lay disregarded in two pieces, but due to the vigilance of the Reverend T. B. Wilson, the Vicar of Christ Church, the pieces were rescued and repaired with rivets by Mr. Joseph Randall.  Mr. Randall lived at Summer Court on the east side of the hill and was a partner in the company of Kirke & Randall, building contractors and civil engineers, whose works were at Warren Lane in Woolwich.  Colonel Bagnold asserts that the “7-Miles to Dartford"plate was completely destroyed.  The stone was re-erectedalongside the path leading to the church door, but latermoved to its present position. One side was fitted withan iron plate bearing details of losses at Ypres in Franceduring the fearful First World War battles there.  It islikely that the “8-Miles to London Bridge" plate was alsorenewed, but by the late 1970s both mileage plates haddisappeared.  The stone also carries a bench mark.  It is an 18th century milestone converted to a First World War memorial. It reads: '130 miles to Ypres, in defending the salient our casualties were 90,000 killed, 70,500 missing, and 410,000 wounded'.

Milestone of 1968 on the original site on the northside of the road in front of Prospect Cottage.  Concrete but Its plates also haddisappeared, one theory being that they were removedduring the Second World War to make life difficult for anyinvaders!  In 1974 attempts were made to have replacement platesmade and fitted.  After one or two false starts, the taskwas eventually undertaken by the Borough Engineer,Mr. C. A. Toogood, finance being provided by the GLC. replicas of 19th century iron plates reading '8 miles to London Bridge' and 7 miles to Dartford', which used to be on the Ypres milestone

Parish boundary marker.  Ordnance Terrace.  The boundary between Plumstead and Woolwich parishesgoes off to the right just beyond the "Red Lion" publichouse at an angle of about 45 degrees, but turns north and runs down to Woolwich Town.  The changes of direction ofthe boundary indicated on the 1869 OS map were shown bythree stones.  One was outside one of the houses ofOrdnance Terrace.  Labeled "BS,” that is boundarystone.  At one time it wasnowhere to be seen; but the western end of OrdnanceTerrace underwent an upheaval in the late 1970s.  Thestone was discovered in the rear garden of one of thehouses, probably No.32, rescued by two local enthusiasts,and spirited away for its own safety. 

Parish boundary marker.  The boundary between Plumstead and Woolwich parishesgoes off to the right just beyond the "Red Lion" publichouse at an angle of about 45 degrees, but turns north and runs down to Woolwich Town.  The changes of direction ofthe boundary indicated on the 1869 OS map were shown bythree stones.  One stood at the junction of thealley that joins the "Red Lion" forecourt to Red LionLane.  Labeled "BS,” that is boundarystone.  It had a even narrow escape.  In1976 the stone was smashed by builders working on the RedLion Lane flanking wall of No.31, Shooters Hill.  A local enthusiast collected all the fragments thatcould be found, and conveyed the remains to his own workshop.  Hours ofpatient study of the three-dimensional jigsaw puzzleresulted in a solution and a reasonable repair.  The WPletters, while still discernible, had to be deepened, butthe PP side needed no treatment, having been shelteredfrom the weather by the wall mentioned above.  In 1978 the "Red Lion" public houseunderwent a major refit after the departure of landlordMonty Banks and the chance was taken of restoring thestone to public gaze by installing it in the house.  Redecoration took place again in 1984, when the stone wasmoved outside to stand in the corner porch.  However,after this careful preservation work the stone went missing again.  Fortunately the Engineers' Department of GreenwichBorough Council provided a new boundary stone andinstalled it in Red Lion Lane about 60 yards north of theoriginal site.

Parish boundary marker.  The boundary between Plumstead and Woolwich parishesgoes off to the right just beyond the "Red Lion" publichouse at an angle of about 45 degrees, but turns north and runs down to Woolwich Town.  The changes of direction ofthe boundary indicated on the 1869 OS map were shown bythree stones.  The third appeared behind the site on which theCottage Hospital was built.  , And the last as "BP marked BO" - BP for boundarypost and BO for Board of Ordnance.  In the case of thethird marker, the OS map for 1897 said "WD   BP No. 12",although the caption remained "BS" for the other two.  Thechange from Board of Ordnance to War Department occurredin 1855, the Crimean War having shown the need for a newlooks in military affairs.  The site is no longer accessible.  It would be at the rear of either 2 Red Lion Lane or2 Academy Place.  Outside the entrance to the Cottage Hospital is to beseen an iron post marked BO, which does notappear on the 1869 map.  This could be the marker, transplanted when the Hospital wasbuilt.   

Raised pavement.  Indicates the original level and contour of the Dover Road before the gradients were eased by the New Cross Turnpike Trust in the late 18th century.

Replacement plates fitted in 1977

Seat on the wayside seat with tiled canopy.  This is a memorial to Samuel Edmund Phillips, who died in 1893.  He was the father of the Major Phillips who gave the land for the Memorial Hospital.  At one time he lived in Holbrook, but moved to Castle House in 1884.  With Mr. Walter Johnson he founded the well-known firm of Johnson and Phillips, which   specialised   in   the   manufacture of submarine cables and associated equipment.  In 1985 theseat was reduced to a pile of rubble by a heavy vehicle,but has since been restored by the local council.  In itsoriginal form it included a drinking fountain, and thereis a modern version of this on the eastern side.  The topbeam of the structure carries the legend:In   Memoriam   Samuel   Edmund   Phillips.  BornApril 9th 1848.  Died July 22nd 1893.  "Write me as onewho loves his fellow men.” which is also on his tomb in Charlton Cemetery. c1895 has a nice lych-gate style roof.

Water Pumping Station by the Royal Herbert hospital, Steam engines to repump water to the hill from the Brookmill works,

Wall on the south side similar in height to the raised pavement and built ofrandom stones.  Until 1980 or thereabouts, this was theboundary of the vicarage of Christ Church.  In 1780 acottage stood upon the site, occupied by Richard Holtam.  It was demolished in 1840 and replaced by another, whichwas called Bankside.  It was sublet in 1872 toMr. Bartleet, who renamed it Severndroog, an obviousreference to the nearby castle of that name.  He securedthe freehold from the Crown Commissioners.  In the 1920s, the Parish of Christ Church found itselfunable toappoint a married man owing to the lack of a vicarage.  Provision of a parsonage housewas planned, a design produced and money raised against anestimated cost of £2,800.  In 1929, Mr. Bartleet died andthe cottage "Severndroog" became available.  It was boughtby the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in 1930 for £2,000.  This was reduced to £1,270 by selling part of the site toMajor Phillips of Castle House.  The Reverend P. Read, thefirst occupant, took over in 1931.  Mr. Bartleet was, by account, a man of parts. Aprolific collector and experimenter, in his greenhouses,in horticulture, he exhibited as a member of the RoseSociety.  He loved music and took great interest in ChristChurch and its school.  Colonel Bagnold said: "Were heable to return to us there can be little doubt but that hewould be much pleased to find that the home which he lovedis occupied as a vicarage."

Cross in theChurch grounds, behind the milestone.  This is a granitememorial to the fallen of the Great War of 1914-1918.  Thedesign and erection were carried out by Mr. ReginaldHoare, of Messrs Hoare & Sons. graceful

Shooters Hill Water Pumping Station by the Royal Herbert Hospital. Steam engines to repump water to the hill from the Brookmill works

Water tower built in 1909 and top level is 488 ft. on site of a house called Woodcot which had a big pond in front used for skating. Steel tank 75ft high and 25ft diameter. Water pumped from wells in Orpington and also goes to the Academy Road reservoir. Gravity to pumping station in Well Hall Road. Grade II listed. 17. A heavy fortress-like tower a prominent landmark which pinpoints Shooters Hill from very many miles around. It was built to bring water to residents at the top of the hill; the water is forced up to the tower from a reservoir under Castle Wood by a pumping station next to the Welcome Inn

1-2 Woodcot Cottages

Wickham Cottage Rev. Dillon school and assembly rooms, became part of pub Demolished and new pub built further down,

Shrewsbury Lane,

Winding lane, 1844. Over the gorse to the river. 1826 straightened and became dividing line between Dallins and Hacksons

40 Elmhurst Cottage, 1975, replica of its predecessor. A weather-boarded cottage

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Stoney Alley

Short flight of stone steps leading to the back fence of a modern corner residence of the Kenilworth estate.  Crown Woods Lane formerly reached the road at this point, but was diverted to do so further east, leaving a building plot on this corner. Three cottages were built, two as a semi-detached pair. In 1877, after several changes of ownership, the semi-detached cottages were bought by one owner who formed them into a single dwelling called "Forest Cottage,” and later simply "The Cottage.”  The steps we are looking at served this Cottage, which lasted until recent times, when it, with the third cottage which had become a noted house called Forest Lodge, was replaced by the present mock Georgian layout We may date the formation of theAlley between 1749 and1805.   The southern part of the path serves as the boundary between Jackwood and Castle Wood, and in this area are several very tall sweet chestnut trees. Became a Narrow alley between two pleasure gardens, was a gravel pit, white quartz pebbles

Warren Wood

House. Built in 1864 by Lord Penzance’s brother. Col Bagnold and Enid lived there now Lewisham Children’s home