Concrete House Lordship Lane - Public Inquiry

[MrBen]

Otta Wrote:

> Oh, and for the most part the buildings in

> Sydenham, Penge and Forest Hill are far superior

> to anything in East Dulwich.

Spot on. Especially for the old stock (pre 1930's). Some lovely houses Sydenham/Penge way. The better Victorian /Edwardian builds in East Dulwich are areas closer to the village on the Estate (Druce, Desenfans) but even then they are smaller than Sydenham's finest.

[fazer71]

Brixton has some of the best examples of large Victorian houses in South London as does Lewisham.

[Undisputedtruth]

A member of the Georgian Society once told me that Southwark had a fine collection of Georgian properties.

[Otta]

Walworth Road? (the squares off of the main road)

[Undisputedtruth]

Otta Wrote:

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> Walworth Road? (the squares off of the main road)

Fine Georgian all over Southwark.

[tim hill]

I used to play in this house, it was a home for unwanted kids, i went to Hormimans primary school, when it first opened. i am 48 now, and every time i pass it a name springs to mind, Felix Williams , my name is Tim Hill

[heritagematters]

Hi Tim do you have any old photos from those days?

[Sue]

tim hill Wrote:

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> I used to play in this house, it was a home for

> unwanted kids.

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That's really sad, it wasn't called that, surely?

Were they in care?

[dwhite11]

You?re too right Faser, it is about time for some REAL naming and shaming rather than plain scapegoating but unfortunately it may just be wishful thinking, I will dig deeper and try to find out some names though.

With regards the number of flats, I suppose the council was trying to throw everything, and the kitchen sink, at the enquiry in an attempt to have WGH demolished. Shows how much they actually care about housing and how much they care for personal vendettas! Especially when it was them who were deceptive when they sold it and them who gave planning permission for the mass and structure of WGH with full knowledge of its impact and position with regards the concrete house.

PS: I don?t think you?re at all far off with the lining pockets theory, Southwark council has it written all over them.

[KidKruger]

dwhite11:

"...I don?t think you?re at all far off with the lining pockets theory, Southwark council has it written all over them."

I'd hope this is untrue, but having protested against some illegal, unauthorised building work that happened in ED (for which retrospective planning applications have been refused), sometimes you have to ask yourself what exactly is going on here. Rules are breached, council point this out, planning applications are submited retrospectively, they are refused, structure still stands, neighbours all complain, freeholder in question makes an appeal., that is refused, building still stands. It can FEEL like Southwark have no spine or are on the take.

[tim hill]

No , i have no photos, sorry, and Sue you are right about "unwanted" kids, "In care" would have been a better wat to put it

i know. There is a famous painting with this house in it, can any one tell me what is it called ,and by who ??