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MAIN ENTRANCE, PARK HILL, STREATHAM COMMON

MAIN ENTRANCE, PARK HILL, STREATHAM COMMON

View of the main entrance and pedimented door to the main staircase at Park Hill, Streatham Common North.  Built in c.1830 by William Leaf a banker and silk merchant. Sir Henry Tate, the sugar magnate (Tate and Lyle), art collector and philanthropist lived here from 1885. Bought and converted to St.Michael's Convent in 1923, the building and grounds were sold to be redeveloped as a luxury residential complex in 1999.  It is a Grade II* listed building. Ref. LP22

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Image type:Photograph
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Ref:02332
Identifier:LP22
Date:2000

#1976 - 2000  #HOUSING  #Photograph  #STREATHAM COMMON  #TATE- Henry