1) Is Perry House the white building that's still standing next to the recently demolished, Petrol Station (I think)?
2) Is The Elms, Elm Lane a timber building at it's core with a brick exterior?
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Some questions for Steve or anyone else who can kindly help...
1) Is Perry House the white building that's still standing next to the recently demolished, Petrol Station (I think)?
2) Is The Elms, Elm Lane a timber building at it's core with a brick exterior?
1) Is Perry House the white building that's still standing next to the recently demolished, Petrol Station (I think)?
2) Is The Elms, Elm Lane a timber building at it's core with a brick exterior?
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Steve Grindlay
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The short answer to both questions is "I don't think so".
Perry House survived until l the early 20th century, perhaps until the mid-1920s. The two blocks of flats (one in Perry Hill, the other in Creeland Grove) and the petrol station between them were built around 1930 on the site of Perry House and its garden. It is pleasing that the flats still have their original Crittall windows.
The Elms was built probably in the 1780s as a rather grand farmhouse. It is listed Grade II and when inspected for listing no mention was made of an earlier timber building. You can read the description <here>.
On the other hand, the 1791 drawing of Place House does seem to show a timber building behind the Tudor wings:
Was the timber building perhaps the one built in 1319. Then, in the mid-16th century (when it was occupied by courtiers from the royal palace at Greenwich), it was enlarged and made more imposing by the addition of Tudor façade and wings? I like to think so.
Perry House survived until l the early 20th century, perhaps until the mid-1920s. The two blocks of flats (one in Perry Hill, the other in Creeland Grove) and the petrol station between them were built around 1930 on the site of Perry House and its garden. It is pleasing that the flats still have their original Crittall windows.
The Elms was built probably in the 1780s as a rather grand farmhouse. It is listed Grade II and when inspected for listing no mention was made of an earlier timber building. You can read the description <here>.
On the other hand, the 1791 drawing of Place House does seem to show a timber building behind the Tudor wings:
Was the timber building perhaps the one built in 1319. Then, in the mid-16th century (when it was occupied by courtiers from the royal palace at Greenwich), it was enlarged and made more imposing by the addition of Tudor façade and wings? I like to think so.