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from being dominated by tower blocks: Look here and email our ward councillors about:
* High rises in the Local Plan
* housing and a hotel on the civic centre (old palace)
and
* 16+ high rises from the draft Master Plan down the Lower High Street
* and there's others...
Tag Archives: Heritage Buildings
Urgent! Write Now – Due for Demolition on Saturday (4th May)
Write now and save this iconic cupola from demolition THIS SATURDAY (4th May 2024) Continue reading
Posted in BCS news, Campaigns
Tagged Community House, Former Magistrates Court, Heritage Buildings, Threatened Heritage
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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
Posted in High St & Broadway
Tagged 135 High Street, Heritage Buildings
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Tour of the Old Town Halls, post-restoration by CastleForge
Tour of the post-converted and repaired Old Town Hall on 10th February. Continue reading
Posted in Archive
Tagged guided-walk, Heritage Buildings, Town Hall, Town Hall Extension
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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
Posted in Arts And Crafts, the Cage Field triangle streets, named after compass points
Tagged Arts And Crafts Movement, Bromley Little Theatre, East Street, Heritage Buildings, Southern Suburban Co-operative Society
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Some archive pictures for the Jubilee!
This year we are celebrating the Platinum Jubilee of the Queen. To mark the occasion, we have chosen an assortment of memories and local pictures from our archive. * Silver Jubilee marked 25 years in 1977, * Golden Jubilee marked … Continue reading
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High Street No. 111 – Heritage Building
Number 111 is Tweed cottage. This modest 2-storey building marked the southern most end of the High street until the railway came, in 1858. Since then, this Georgian building has been Barclays Bank, before becoming Tiger shop, selling arts and … Continue reading
Posted in pre-victorian
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High Street No. 217, 1700s house and former bookshop – Heritage Buildings
The tattooist (No. 217), and the next door shop, occupy an 18th century house, worthy of mention as it was the premises of two Bromley notable historians and printers, each producing from this shop an invaluable histories of Bromley – … Continue reading
Posted in High St North, pre-victorian
Tagged C18 Kent Vernacular, Heritage Buildings, High Street (North)
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High Street No. 232 – Heritage Building
This shop was the site of Morley’s Academy, which was on the upper floors, where the author HG Wells went to school, after he had graduated from the Dame school on south street. It was demolished in 1902 and replaced … Continue reading
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Heritage Building – West Street 02: Old Fire Station
The original fire station in Bromley, now a chinese restaurant Continue reading
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Tagged Fire Station, Heritage Buildings, West Street
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Market Sq No. 14-18 Georgian Terrace – Heritage Buildings
These buildings are the oldest buildings in Market Square. They were originally built as private houses, in the early 18th century. Continue reading
Posted in High St & Market Sq, pre-victorian
Tagged Georgian, Heritage Buildings, Market Square
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