East Dulwich Grove before the Dutch Estate

[ed_pete]

I found these pictures on https://www.layersoflondon.org/ 

Fascinating view of the houses between Townley/Greendale/EDG and the corner at the bottom of the hill. Big houses by the look of it, be worth a bob if they were still there.  I believe they were compulsorily purchased by the council in the early 1960's so that they could build the Dutch Estate on the land.

 

[Jenijenjen]

Very interesting. This is the OS map from 1950 showing the houses that were where the Dutch estate is now.

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

Oh, very interesting. I'm surprised - I would have thought there would have been so many bomb sites across SE London that there wouldn't have been a need to demolish existing stock.

[Jenijenjen]

“The Council acquired the site from the Dulwich Estate in March 1960. The existing old houses on the site were relatively large and, by the late 1950s, were in very poor condition; as their leases were due to expire in 1964.  A report at the Dulwich Estate’s Finance and General Purposes Committee on 27th February 1960 confirmed that this land (the sites of Nos. 131-173 (odd) and 90-140 (even) East Dulwich Grove and ‘Lyncote’ and ‘Ferrodene’ Green Dale) was to be leased to Camberwell Council for 200 years from 25th March 1960 together with the benefit of the leases expiring on 25th March 1964. The ground rent was to be £750 up to that date and £1600 per annum thereafter.”

https://www.dulwichsociety.com/the-journal/winter-2010/dulwich-estate