Undercroft / SW19

Underside of North Road as it passes over the Wandle Meadow Nature Park. London Borough of Merton. 

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St Joseph / SW19

Architect: Conor P. Fahy, 1966, in Neo-Georgian style. RC Church of St Joseph, Colliers Wood, London Borough of Merton. 

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Sign / Nonsuch Park

Illustrated explanation of the use of coppicing in local woodland. Nonsuch Park, Epsom & Ewell Borough, Surrey, UK. 

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Pedestal / Nonsuch Park

Driveway to Nonsuch Park House. Epsom & Ewell Borough, Surrey, UK. 

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Nonsuch House / SM3

Architect: Sir Jeffry Wyattville, 1806, in a Tudor Gothic Revival style, evoking Henry VIII's palace that was once in Nonsuch Park. Brick with 'Roman' cement render. Grade II* listed. Epsom & Ewell Borough, Surrey, UK.

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Farmers Fountain / SM3

Stone cross and fountain, 1895, commemorating the Farmer family. Grade II listed. Rebuilt 2016 after it was demolished in a 2013 road traffic accident. Cheam, London Borough of Sutton. 

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Lodge / Cheam Park

Built c.1820, single-storey with portico, stucco finish, Grade II listed. The park's main house was demolished in 1945 after WW2 bomb damage (V1 doodlebug). Cheam, London Borough of Sutton. 

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5-9 Malden Road / SM3

"Late C18 to early C19 2-storey cottage row" [Grade II listing]. Cheam, London Borough of Sutton. 

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Baptist Church / Cheam

Built 1905, later enlargements. Red brick with stone dressings, incorporating both Classical and Gothic design elements. This, south elevation on Park Road. Cheam, London Borough of Sutton. 

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Whitehall / Cheam

Grade II* listed Tudor house c.1500. Timber-framed, jettied 1st floor, attic dormers later C16. Weatherboarding from the C18. Malden Road, Cheam, London Borough of Sutton. 

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Monument / William Farmer

Monument to William Farmer, c.1815 according to the Grade II listing (possibly later). Portland stone obelisk on a square plinth with acroteria at each corner. Now re-sited from original tomb. Church of St Dunstan, Cheam, London Borough of Sutton.

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Lumley Chapel / SM3

Remains of Old Church of St Dunstan, parts C12, the blocked arch visible here from an added C13 arcade. Grade II* listed, known now as The Lumley Chapel, named after a once owner of Nonsuch Palace. Cheam, London Borough of Sutton. 

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War Memorial / Cheam

Architect: Charles Marshall, 1921, Grade II listed. Fluted Portland stone column with Corinthian capital supporting a laurel-wreathed cross. Updated inscriptions  now include WW2 and Falklands. Cheam, London Borough of Sutton.

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Lychgate / SM3

St Dunstan's church lychgate, 1891, Grade II listed. Brick and knapped-flint base with stone dressings, timber superstructure with in-fill pargetting. Clay tile gable roof. Cheam, London Borough of Sutton. 

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St Dunstan Cheam / II

Architects: Frederick Pownall and William Young, 1864, spire by Carpenter and Ingelow, 1870. Early English Gothic Revival style using ragstone rubble, limestone dressings and Welsh slate roof. Grade II* listed. Church of St Dunstan, Cheam, London Borough of Sutton. 

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St Dunstan / Cheam

Architects: Frederick Pownall and William Young, 1864, spire by Carpenter and Ingelow, 1870. Early English Gothic Revival style using ragstone rubble, limestone dressings and Welsh slate roof. Grade II* listed. Church of St Dunstan, Cheam, London Borough of Sutton.

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The Old Farmhouse / SM3

Has been known as 1 & 2 Church Cottages and Home Farm. Current name from c.1973 when it returned to single use. Dates back to the C16 — parts earlier — with timber frame and substantial brick chimney stack. Grade II listed as 1 & 2 Church Road, Cheam, London Borough of Sutton.

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St Boniface / Tooting

Architect: Benedict Williamson, 1907 (completed 1927), in Venetian Romanesque style. Here showing the brick campanile with stone banding around the belfry. Grade II listed. Catholic Church of St Boniface, London Borough of Wandsworth.

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St Helier Hospital / SM5

Architects: Saxon Snell & Phillips, 1938-42, in the Modern style. The hospital joined the NHS in 1948. London Borough of Sutton. 

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Coles Shop / SW19

Constructed c.1890 of yellow brick, timber and steel. Slate roof supported by lightweight steel trusses. Built for Littler’s textile printing works, which were taken over by Liberty in 1904. Locally listed as a building of historic or architectural interest. Currently home to a café and restaurant. London Borough of Merton.

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The Wheelhouse / SW19

Grade II listed as the 'Wheel House at Misters Liberty's Printworks'. Built C18 of brown brick and pantile roof, it was used in the textile printing industry for two centuries. There is still an operational waterwheel on the other side, now used to turn a potter's wheel. London Borough of Merton. 

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The William Morris / SW19

Formerly the Block Shop of Liberty print works, for storage of wooden printing blocks. Block-printing by hand continued until c.1960. The building was repurposed as a public house c.1990 when the Merton Abbey Mills heritage site was opened. London Borough of Merton. 

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St Lawrence / SM4

"Parish church of Morden, 1636, perhaps incorporating earlier work." Source: Grade I listing. Protestant Gothic style with steeply-pitched tiled roof, east end currently under restoration. Church of St Lawrence, Morden, London Borough of Merton.

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Morden Park House / IV

Grade II* listed Georgian house built 1770 for the Ewart family. Now council offices including a Register Office. London Borough of Merton. 

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Merton FE College / II

Adult Education Centre entrance and covered area at Merton College, part of the South Thames Colleges Group. London Road, Morden, London Borough of Merton. 

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Merton FE College / I

Main entrance to Merton College, part of the South Thames Colleges Group. London Road, Morden, London Borough of Merton.

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Hotung Centre / SW17

The Sir Joseph Hotung Centre at St George's Hospital, Tooting. Glazed pyramid designed by BBF Fielding Ltd, 2002. London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Church Farm Cottage / SM4

"Church Farm Cottage, on the other side of St Lawrence church, is said to have been built in 1813 and is all that remains of the farm originally created out of manorial demesne land in the late 16th century." Source: Merton Historical Society. Morden, London Borough of Merton.

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The Little House / SW17

Built 1933 as a public house, first known as the Queen Victoria and later as The Little House. Residential conversion by Jonathan Smith Architects, c.2011, providing 5 self-contained flats. 13 Tooting Grove, London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Morden Baptist Church / SM4

Showing the 1990 front extension by Gullett & Sons. Brick & block construction with aluminium windows and slate roof. This added 2 storeys of accommodation, including offices and crèche, to the earlier C20 church buildings behind. London Borough of Merton.

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Bingo Hall / Tooting

Architect: Cecil Masey (interior by Theodore Komisarjevsky), 1931, originally as the Granada Cinema. In a Moderne Italianate style with giant Corinthian columns and a pantile roof over attic storey. The only Grade I listed building in Tooting. London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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