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LION SCULPTURE, PARK HILL, STREATHAM COMMON

LION SCULPTURE, PARK HILL, STREATHAM COMMON

One of the ornamental lions decorating the garden facade at Park Hill, built in c.1830 by William Leaf a banker and silk merchant of Streatham. Sir Henry Tate, the sugar magnate (Tate and Lyle), lived here from 1885. The house was converted into a convent in 1923. View taken just before being sold for redevelopment as a luxury residential complex between 2001 and 2002. 

Ref. SP3200/5

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Image type:Photograph
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Ref:04737
Identifier:SP3200/5
Date:1998

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