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BILLIARD ROOM, PARK HILL, STREATHAM COMMON

BILLIARD ROOM, PARK HILL, STREATHAM COMMON

View of the billiard room showing the moulded panels on the coved ceiling with cornice level ventilators 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. View of the billiard room showing the moulded panels on the coved ceiling and ventilators at cornice level. Ref. LP21

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Image type:Photograph
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Ref:02341
Identifier:LP21
Date:2000

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