St Barnabas Mitcham / West Door

Architect: H P Burke-Downing, 1914, using brown brick and stone dressings. Simplified late Gothic manner. Here the pointed arch west door. Grade II listed. Church of St Barnabas, Mitcham, London Borough of Merton.

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Chicks / Tooting

"Tooting's Finest Fast Food Joint" :) At corner of Mitcham Rd and Franciscan Rd, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Tooting Broadway Station / SW17

Architect: Charles Holden, 1926, Grade II listed. Corner building in Portland stone with curved façade. Part of the Northern Line tube extension of that era. London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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The Olive Tree / II

Lapsed pizzeria near Tooting railway station. Now including Drum & Bass Bingo poster. London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Blue Lamp / Tooting

The first blue lamps appeared outside London police stations in 1861. Tooting police station recently closed "in a drive to save money and update existing facilities." It was designed by Gilbert Mackenzie Trench, 1939, in the Moderne style. London Borough of Wandsworth.

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A&M / Nail Salon

Pink premises in Tooting, London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Our Lady of the Assumption / SW17

Roman Catholic church rebuilt 1988-2005, said to contain some stone fragments of the Priory of Merton. 282 Links Road, London Borough of Merton. 

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Leaf Carpet / CR4

Leaf carpet on pavement of Gorringe Park Avenue. London Borough of Merton. 

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174-212 / Tooting Bec Rd

Maisonette block, part of the Newlands Estate built in the 1950-60s. London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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St John the Divine / East

Architect: C.G. Gage, 1914, in revival of Decorated Gothic. Brick core with Darley Dale gritstone coursed rubble cladding and ashlar dressings [source: Diocese of Southwark Parish Register]. Unlisted. Looking up at east window. London Borough of Merton. 

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Chinese Dried Flowers / I

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The Trafalgar / SW19

Earliest reference is 1868 and said to be the smallest pub in Merton. A single-storey extension was added in 1906. Notwithstanding its modest exterior it has won several CAMRA awards. 23 High Path, London Borough of Merton.

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Hudson Court / SW19

Twelve-storey residential block completed 1972 as part of Merton Council's High Path redevelopment. Built by Gaze building contractors, providing 66 dwellings. The High Path Estate is now undergoing a new, phased redevelopment by Clarion Housing Group and PRP Architects. London Borough of Merton.

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St John the Divine / SW19

Architect: C.G. Gage, 1914, in revival of Decorated Gothic. Brick core with Darley Dale gritstone coursed rubble cladding and ashlar dressings [source: Diocese of Southwark Parish Register]. Unlisted. Viewed from Nelson Gardens. London Borough of Merton.

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Nelson Arms / SW19

Architect: E.Carter for Messrs. Charringtons, 1910, in the Edwardian Baroque style. Glazed tiles and ceramic mural of HMS Victory supplied by Carter & Co. of Poole, Dorset. Unlisted. London Borough of Merton. 

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1 Abbey Rd / SW19

Architects: HSSA, 2016. Seven flats built on what was a car park next to the Nelson Arms pub. London Borough of Merton. 

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Eddie Catz / SW19

Another casualty of Covid-19, Eddie Catz children's play and party venue has closed for the foreseeable future. London Borough of Merton. 

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White Lion of Mortimer / CR4

Formerly the Buck's Head, rebuilt 1899 in a style reminiscent of Pont Street Dutch with overdrawn banding. Renamed when it was a J.D. Wetherspoon pub for several years. Locally listed, noting that no adverse alterations have been carried out. Mitcham, London Borough of Merton.

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Elm Lodge / II

Grade II listed Regency villa built 1808. Stucco with shallow slate roof. Tented canopy porch supported by fluted columns. Cricket Green, Mitcham, London Borough of Merton. 

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284 Mitcham Rd / SW17

Built in the 1930s in Mock Tudor style as The Railway Bell public house. Pub ceased trading in 2013 and the premises is now a Polish supermarket. Tooting, London Borough of Wandsworth.

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MLBC / SW16

Architects: George Baines and R P Baines, 1909, in revival of Perpendicular Gothic. Red brick with stone dressings and gault brick banding. Grade II listed. Mitcham Lane Baptist Church, West Streatham, London Borough of Wandsworth.

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The Olive Tree / SW17

Lapsed pizzeria near Tooting railway station. London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Trevor Bigham House / SW17

Metropolitan Police Architect: Gilbert Mackenzie Trench, 1939, in the Moderne style. Accommodation block of Tooting police station and section house, recently closed "in a drive to save money and update existing facilities." Unlisted. Tooting, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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40 High St / Ewell

Early to mid C19, Grade II listed. The shop was recently a cake-makers, but no longer trading. Ewell, Borough of Epsom & Ewell, Surrey, UK.

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Bourne Hall / III

Architects: A. G. Sheppard Fidler and Associates, 1970, using concrete, slate, mosaic cladding and copper roof. Library and social centre in a modern style on the site of the former Garbrand Hall. To the left, the ribbed concrete boiler chimney is included in the Grade II listing. Ewell, Borough of Epsom & Ewell, Surrey, UK. 

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Spring Tavern / Ewell

Grade II listed as the Spring Hotel and described as early C19, although another publication suggests parts may be from a former farmhouse of C18. Front is stucco, other elevations painted weatherboard. Named after the spring sources in this area where North Downs chalk meets the London clay. Borough of Epsom & Ewell, Surrey, UK. 

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Glyn House / Ewell

Architect: Henry Duesbary, 1859, Grade II listed. Built as the new rectory to St Mary's church, it is now in educational use. The tower's tented roof has red fishscale tiles and a wooden finial. Borough of Epsom & Ewell, Surrey, UK. 

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St James / West Streatham

Architect: F Peck, 1909, in a Neo-Gothic style with unusual flying-buttresses and banding on the west end. East end by W Samuel Wetherley, 1915. Extension to west end by K C White Partnership, 1970. London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Merton Civic Centre / II

Architect: A Green, 1962, construction by Bernard Sunley & Sons. Known as Crown House, it consists of a curved 14-storey tower over a 2-storey podium. The tower was occupied by the local authority from 1985. Morden, London Borough of Merton.

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Deco Balcony / SM4

Balcony on corner of Morden Court Parade which was built in 1935 in the Art-Deco style. The parade's façade was refurbished c.2017 (Jan Kattein Architects for Merton Council). Morden, London Borough of Merton. 

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Homefield / SM4

Mock Tudor frontage to what is a mainly modern-style block of 81 flats on London Road near Morden station. Presumably to harmonise the street aspect with the style of neighbouring 1930s residential development. London Borough of Merton.

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