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A History of the County of Surrey
… to Croydon. How early the Archbishops of Canterbury had a house at Croydon is uncertain. A deed dated at Croydon by … the architecture of the present palace shows, there was a house here at least a century earlier, and the archbishops … Croydon. 17 Most of the archbishops seem to have used the house more or less, 18 principally as a summer residence, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the glebe consists of about 18 acres, with a glebe-house. At Crundale Green, considerable remains of a Roman … from the ancient family of Cruwys, whose seat, Morchard House, near the church, was originally built in 1199, and is … for 524, and whose glebe comprises 150 acres, with a glebe-house. The church was in 1689 struck by lightning, which rent …
Survey of London
… by opening them up for development, particularly for house building. 2 a The first articles of agreement between …
Survey of London
… glazing bars, and the Welsh-slated, hipped roof of Cubitt House. Roffey House originally had a similar roof, but because of serious … Second World War. Both were demolished in 1988. 2. Rugless House, and Nos 212 (even) Castalia Square, Nos 111 (odd) and …
Survey of London
… between 1853 and 1861. 533 The wharf contained an engine house, a boiler house, and the burners, chemical chambers and sheds required … occupied by the Samuda Estate (see page 542). The Folly House Tavern, Folly Wall In August 1753 Thomas Davers, …
Survey of London
… attractive. Between the Potter's Ferry and the Folly House there was a frontage of 5,500ft. Cubitt made his first … permission to embank the remainder, as far as the Folly House, within the following seven years. 310 By 1850 leases … let in the ten years to 1865. The vicinity of the Folly House, which came to be occupied by Yarrow's, and Stewart's …
Survey of London
… 1860s buildings facing Wharf Road which comprised a boiler house, purifying and blending houses, and a two-storey brick office and dwelling house. 451 Further brick sheds were added during the 1930s. … engineers' shop facing the river, with a small boiler house adjoining. 454 In 1865 the premises passed to James …
Survey of London
… (Nos 8490, even) were of three floors. 387 The only public house was the Princess of Wales at No. 84 Manchester Road, … make enough profit, the ground rents were set high. At 5 a house this was a quarter of their annual value, very much … businessman with interests on the Isle of Dogs a house in Greenwich or Blackheath was an obvious choice; the …
Survey of London
… first concerned the size, appearance and quality of the house. Typically, the building's dimensions, the number and … and Charles Davis provided for the erection of a public house and a total of 51 houses, in Norfolk Terrace, … six rooms each, Cubitt advancing no more than 60 on each house, a limitation that was raised to 600 in the case of the …