{"id":17850,"date":"2025-08-31T09:07:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T08:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=17850"},"modified":"2025-09-30T09:50:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T08:50:00","slug":"westcombe-park-and-blackheath-1990","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=17850","title":{"rendered":"Westcombe Park and Blackheath 1990"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Westcombe Park and Blackheath<\/strong>: On Saturday 20th January I got off a train at Westcombe Park station to begin another walk. Westcombe Park is in the London Borough of Greenwich and is at the east of Greenwich and north of Blackheath. Twelve years after I made this walk the Westcombe Park Conservation Area was designated in 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\"House,<\/a>\n<\/div>
House, 146, Humber Rd, Westcombe Park, Greenwich, 1990, 90-1h-21<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Banker John Julius Angerstein (1735-1823) bought a large part of what had been parkland around a large country house to build his own house, Woodlands, now a Steiner School and the only listed building (Grade II*) in the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was only when a large area of land was sold in 1876 that residential development of the area was begun – after a false start the Westcombe Park Estate Company was formed in 1878. They laid out roads, drains and sewers and offered freehold and leasehold plots for sale with only fairly loose guidelines over what could be built.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Woodlands, 90, Mycenae Rd, Westcombe Park, Greenwich, 1990, 1990, 90-1h-23<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The development from then on was piecemeal and sporadic and by 1900 much was still undeveloped – and the estate company went into liquidation and the remaining land was sold off cheaply. There are a few properties from the 1880s, rather more from the 1890s particularly in the roads close to the station from which city clerks could travel into work. Although Woodlands is the only nationally listed building in the area, there are many locally listed buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Woodlands, Mycenae Rd, Westcombe Park, Greenwich, 1990, 90-1h-24<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\"Houses,<\/a>\n<\/div>
Houses, Beaconsfield Rd, Vanburgh Park, Greenwich, 1990, 90-1h-12<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

These houses are in the Blackheath Conservation Area and are on the north side of Vanburgh Park, so their frontages facing south with views across the common. The road at right angles in the picture is Beaconsfield Rd. These 3 storey locally listed<\/a> Victorian villas date from 1860-1866 and were designed by architect Henry William Spratt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\"Tree,<\/a>\n<\/div>
Tree, Bower Avenue, Greenwich Park, Greenwich, 1990, 90-1i-62<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

From Vanburgh Park I walked across into Greenwich Park and then went down Bower Avenue where I found this massive tree trunk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\"Vanbrugh<\/a>\n<\/div>
Vanbrugh Terrace, Blackheath, Greenwich, 1990, 90-1i-32<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Grade II listed buildings of Vanburgh Terrace date from around 1840. I think this view is from somewhere near Charlton Way or Maze Hill. The terrace faces west across the parkland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My walk will continue in a later post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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