Sundridge Park
History
Originally known as 'Sundresse', it is first mentioned in a charter of 987. In the middle ages the land was owned by the Le Blund family. In the early 1700s a large house was built on the site of Sundridge Park Manor; it was purchased and demolished by Sir Claude Scott in 1795, and the current building built in its place set in parkland.
Sundridge Park mansion
Sundridge Park Manor is a Grade I listed mansion that was designed by John Nash and built by Samuel Wyatt. It has been used as a management and conference centre but is to be split into luxury apartments, a process that was underway as of March 2020. Much of the mansion's former grounds now forms Sundridge Park Golf Club.
Transport
Rail
Sundridge Park railway station, provides the area with National Rail shuttle services to Bromley North and Grove Park where connections can be made for services to London Charing Cross and London Cannon Street via Lewisham as well as to Orpington and Sevenoaks.
Buses
Sundridge is served by four London Buses routes
- 126 to Bromley or to Eltham via Grove Park & Mottingham.
- 261 to Lewisham via Grove Park & Lee Green or to Locksbottom via Bromley & Bromley Common
- 314 to Eltham via Elmstead, Coldharbour & New Eltham or to New Addington via Bromley, Hayes, Coney Hall & Addington Village
- 336 to Catford via Downham & Bellingham and to Locksbottom via Bromley, Bickley, Southborough & Bromley Common
Notable residents
- David Bowie - musician, lived at 4 Plaistow Grove from 1955-65.
- Peter Kropotkin - Russian anarchist, lived at 61 Crescent Road for a period.
Gallery
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Shops along College Road
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St Mary's Church, built 1861-63
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Plaistow Green
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The shopping parade along Plaistow Lane, looking east
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The shopping parade looking west
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Sundridge Park Golf Club
References
- ^ Willey, Russ (2006). The London Gazetteer. Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd. pp. 482–3.
- ^ Six magnificent apartments for sale in stately homes across Britain
- ^ "London Gardens Online, St Mary's Churchyard, Plaistow". London Parks and Gardens Trust. Retrieved 31 August 2020.