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Category Archives: Historic_Buildings
Lost Heritage: The Carnegie Library
The Carnegie Library replaced Neelgharies house, bequethed to the council by Emily Dowling, second wife of George Sparkes. She had required the site to be used to benefit and better the townspeople. The generous philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie, provided funds to … Continue reading
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2 Green Men and the Parish Church
Bromley Parish Church dates from the around the 1090s or 1110sAD when the Bishop of Rochester decided that the parish should worship in their own building rather than the chapel of St Blaise within the Bishops Palace. Our page on … Continue reading
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High Street No. 42 (former Wilkinsons Opticians) – Heritage Building Profile
Look at this building and you can see the charming villa it once was. One of the string of villas built along the High Street when the railway came in 1858. This building is proposed to become a high rise … Continue reading
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High Street No. 201-203 High Street (former Zodiac Toys) – Heritage Building Profile
This beautiful Art Deco building is thought to have been built in 1885, when it is recorded as the shop for H.J. Luker, a ‘Silk Mercer’. Happily, the 2024 planning application to turn this into a plain block of flats … Continue reading
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The Curious Case of The Table
In May we were contacted by a friend-of-a-friend in the South of France, about a rather stylish antique table. When they bought it, and got it home, they found a note inside:
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High Street No. 135 Fox House and the Olde Sweet Shoppe – Heritage Building
Fox House is a lovely 1890s building in the terrace just below Market Square. This building is fancifully decorated, with a gable end and a dome on the roof, though it is not visible when standing in front of the … Continue reading
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East Street No. 41, former Southern Suburban Co-operative Society
Though this striking Arts & Crafts building is now several shops, originally it was a large Co-Op store, with a meeting hall above, built in 1888. Bromley Little Theatre is housed in two linked buildings at the back – they … Continue reading
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North St: The National School or The Parish School on North Street – Lost Heritage
The Parish school, then known as the National School, was built on the corner of North Street and College Road, in 1854. The building was especially designed for it, by the eminent architect James Piers St Aubyn, who also designed … Continue reading
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Lost Heritage: Widmore Road Demolished – Homeopathy Hospital
Homeopathy was a popular treatment in Bromley, starting in 1865 when part of the White Hart Inn was opened as a homeopathic dispensary, and when it outgrew this accommodation, Bromley’s first homeopathic hospital opened in 1889 at 19 Widmore Road. … Continue reading
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