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View of the lake at Park Hill, taken just before the site was sold for redevelopment.  Built 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. Before Park Hill was built, an earlier house known as Hill House stood nearby. A condition in the lease required an uninterrupted supply of water from the 'Great Pond' to the Manor House, sited at the bottom of Streatham Common at  Albert Carr Gardens. The water was piped down hill by a conduit. 1998

Ref. SP3200/18

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Image type:	Photograph
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Ref:	04733
Identifier:	SP3200/18
Date:	1998

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