Exoticaman Posted March 14, 2024 Share Posted March 14, 2024 This is Granville House which was once 61 Overhill Road, the 'twin' house which was known as Springfield Mount is still standing as 63 Overhill. Does anyone on the forum have any further information or images of this house build around 1870, probably by Joseph Tall, a constructor of concrete houses. Jim 1 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/342274-granville-house-61-overhill-road/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exoticaman Posted March 18, 2024 Author Share Posted March 18, 2024 Here's the original image on a postcard. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/342274-granville-house-61-overhill-road/#findComment-1659778 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 20, 2024 Share Posted March 20, 2024 What is it particularly that you want to know? Is it the house you are interested in or the people that lived there or whether Joseph Tall was involved in it's construction? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/342274-granville-house-61-overhill-road/#findComment-1659977 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exoticaman Posted March 21, 2024 Author Share Posted March 21, 2024 Any information at all. I have been researching Joseph Tall for some time, at one point his son Joseph Mingay Tall was living at number 63 then known as Springfield Mount. I believe both houses were constructed with concrete for which father and son both held patents for this method of construction. I'd also be interested to discover when it was pulled down and why... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/342274-granville-house-61-overhill-road/#findComment-1660131 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianr Posted March 22, 2024 Share Posted March 22, 2024 (edited) Have you seen the annotation, "Hit by V1 destroyed" on the the other side of the card at https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235476138233? There are several online sites detailing WW!! London bomb damage, and at least one ?authoritaive map, that you could check. There's been mention here previously. Edited March 22, 2024 by ianr Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/342274-granville-house-61-overhill-road/#findComment-1660139 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted March 22, 2024 Share Posted March 22, 2024 Sorry if off topic, but is this house in any way related to the "concrete house" on Lordship Lane which was fairly recently renovated? It is very near it? Wiki link Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/342274-granville-house-61-overhill-road/#findComment-1660154 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed_pete Posted March 22, 2024 Share Posted March 22, 2024 15 hours ago, Exoticaman said: Any information at all. I have been researching Joseph Tall for some time, at one point his son Joseph Mingay Tall was living at number 63 then known as Springfield Mount. I believe both houses were constructed with concrete for which father and son both held patents for this method of construction. I'd also be interested to discover when it was pulled down and why... It could be worth contacting the Local History Group within the Dulwich Society - they have a number of people that have undertaken research into area and may be able to assist. Recent local history enquiries (2) (dulwichsociety.com) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/342274-granville-house-61-overhill-road/#findComment-1660163 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exoticaman Posted March 22, 2024 Author Share Posted March 22, 2024 Thanks for recent replies, I was unaware of the additional information that was available alongside the front of the postcard and this has added to my files. In reply to Sue, there is a link to the Concrete House on Lordship Lane. Charles Drake who built it, was previously employed by Joseph Tall. Tall lived in various other concrete houses in the vicinity and was probably responsible for their construction although there are no records to show this. There is a terrace of 5 concrete houses on Belvoir Road which face a further pair on the south side. Both Joseph Tall senior and his son Joseph Mingay Tall were living there in 1881 and JM Tall was at 1 Belvoir Road in 1873 when Drake moved into his newly built house 300 yards away.... 4 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/342274-granville-house-61-overhill-road/#findComment-1660178 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianr Posted March 24, 2024 Share Posted March 24, 2024 You can search https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ and often see enough OCR of articles found to get a good idea of whether they contain something of interest, though to see them in full a subscription is needed. I found several that definitely were when searching for 'Joseph Tall' but don't have a current subscription. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/342274-granville-house-61-overhill-road/#findComment-1660479 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted March 25, 2024 Share Posted March 25, 2024 Local History Library in Southwark has lots of information. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/342274-granville-house-61-overhill-road/#findComment-1660548 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moovart Posted March 26, 2024 Share Posted March 26, 2024 https://dulwichfestival.co.uk/event/concrete-and-clay/?mc_cid=3d6c0c4c30&mc_eid=9ffe7a527b The person doing this walk around Belvoir road and Dawson's heights for the Dulwich Festival might know unless this research is for part of this walk 🤔 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/342274-granville-house-61-overhill-road/#findComment-1660581 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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