Lost Heritage of Bromley

Some of the town’s most historic buildings have been lost over the years. A majority of these were replaced by jarring brutalist buildings.

• 

  High Street No. 147-149 & 151-153 Demolished – The White Hart Inn

  campaignr

  This much lamented ancient Inn dated from the medieval era and had been rebuilt as the commercial hub in the 1830s. Replaced by a space wasting concrete cuboid.

• 

  High Street No. 232, former Grete House lodge

  campaignr

  This is one of a pair of early 18th century lodges at the entrance to the driveway to the Grete House, a Tudor mansion and its lands.

• 

  Simpsons Moat

  campaignr

  Simpsons Moat, or Palace, was a moated, crenellated manor house at the bottom of Ringers Road. Most of the building had been of Tudor age, dominated by a large chimney. Henry VIII was reputed to have visited. It was later converted to a farm house, and the last tenant, Jeraimiah Ringer filled in two sides…