Morden Park Morden Park Local Neighbourhood
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Morden Sub Area Neighbourhoods 1 DRAFT 18 Morden Park Morden Park Local Neighbourhood Origins and General to make way for the dual carriageway, from 1894, the Morden Parish Council. Character St Lawrence’s Church and a In the 1700s part of the manor lands Morden Park is a quiet leafy residential coaching Inn at the site now were leased to London merchant and neighbourhood to the south of occupied by the ‘Harvester’. St. distiller John Ewart who built Morden Morden town centre, it is bounded to Lawrence Church still stands today but Park House in 1770, it is a fine villa, the east by the railway and extends is thought to have replaced a much the surrounding land was used as both west across the open space of Morden older church. It is listed as Grade I, parkland and for agricultural purposes, Park. The area comprises of medium built in 1636 funded by Richard Garth. there was at one time a deer park. In intensity 1930s suburban Described as of ‘Carolean Gothic style’ 1945 Morden Park was purchased development, an enclave of distinct it is built of brick and has a square from the Hatfeild family by Merton and inter war garden city layouts, green tower and stone tracery windows, Morden Urban District Council, and the open space, a college campus and a some of which are claimed to have house and 90 acres were preserved as post 1945 council estate. Much of the originated from the earlier church. The public open space, the house is now surrounding countryside would have used as council offices. 2 area is included in the Upper Morden Conservation Area, there is a been put to agricultural use. Church concentration of statutory and locally Farm Cottage, a weatherboarded The greatest change to the area was listed buildings located within this building dating back to c1813, survives to be in 1926, when the southern area. from the old Church Farm, records of extension of the Northern Line was which date back to the 14th Century. opened, vastly improving links The name Morden is derived from between Morden and London. At this the Saxon word ‘Mordune’, which After the dissolution of the monasteries time, 25 acres of land located between described the low ridge between the Richard Garth acquired the Morden the railway line, Central Road and River Wandle Valley and East Pyle Estate in 1554. It remained in the Epsom, was leased by the London Brook, which runs through the south ownership of the Garth family until County Council to the trustees of the of Morden Park. In medieval times this around 1872 when the estate was sold Douglas Haig Memorial Homes. The area was wooded, and its to the Hatfeild family. In 1719 a school land was used to build houses and development influenced by the was built on the estate under the flats for the accommodation of presence of a Roman Road known as instruction of Elizabeth Garth, the ex-servicemen and the widows and ‘Stane Street’ that linked London with building still survives today and is families of ex-servicemen. The estate Chicester, which roughly followed the known as the Old School House. It is was built to the designs of Mr Grey alignment of the Epsom Road. It was located on the corner of Central Road Wornum RIBA. A section of this land, along this road that the small and Green Lane. Later extensions to at the junction of Central Road and agricultural community of Upper the School House include Hall Green Lane, was used by the Morden came into being. There were a Cottage and the Parish Hall which was Housing Association for Officers’ used for meetings of the Vestry, and Families, founded by Mrs. Willie James number of cottages, since demolished St. Lawrence Church Merton borough character study: 18 Morden Park Local Neighbourhood Morden Park Local Neighbourhood in 1916 to provide homes for married Built Form disabled ex-officers of the three Apart from the large open space of services, their widows and Morden Park and the historic buildings dependants. Sir Lawrence Weaver, dotted around it such as Morden Park KBE, was associated with both house. Much of the area is projects, and the two estates are characterised by the distinctive ‘Arts included within the Upper Morden and Crafts’ cottage style of its housing Conservation Area. Streets of typical and typical 1930s terraced houses. 1930s terraced and semi-detached suburban houses appeared on streets The junction of London Road and adjacent to the Haig Home estates. Central Road is defined by the variety The two Haig homes estate are a of historic buildings which serve as distinctive feature in the fragments of the former village, neighbourhood, arranged in courtyards buildings dating from the 1770s 3 set in landscaped surroundings through to the inter war period. These comprising grassed area with trees include a Gothic style church, weather and shrubs in a Garden suburb boarded cottage and red brick inter style. Although there are similarities war school building. To the south- between the two estates, both have east of the neighbourhood there are their individual distinguishing features. relatively close grain avenues of semi-detached and terraced 1930s Later additions to the neighbourhood suburban houses. To the north east of neighbourhood include Hatfeild Mead the neighbourhood there is the distinct built post war, South Thames College layout of the Haig Homes which are Merton Campus the buildings of arranged around open courtyards. which were refurbished in 2009, the Adjacent to these is a post 1945 Travelodge adjacent Morden Park built housing estate which has a defined during the 1980s. The public realm symmetrical layout. Large blocks throughout area has abundant are concentrated around the eastern landscape features which enhance the boundary of Morden Park such as the streetscape for example established historic remnants of Upper Morden tree planting and grass verges. village and the South Thames College Campus. Prevalent materials in use in this area are red and brown brick. They are recurring motifs on the 1930s Merton borough character study: 18 Morden Park Local Neighbourhood Morden Park Local Neighbourhood suburban dwellings such as double can become congested. Traffic moves with mature trees grouped in copses gabled bays, painted render, red tile at speed along this route which makes and a continuous belt around the hangings and timber beam decoration. pedestrian crossing difficult outside of edges. A distinctive 40ft mound within The Haig Homes are in a palette of designated crossing points. Cycle the park situated within woodland is reddish-brown brick and yellow brick facilities along this route are believed to be a Romano-British burial with recurring motifs which include, undergoing improvement to establish it mound. A railed area is the site of an small paned sash windows, panelled as a feeder route into the CS old velodrome. Park contains and glazed front doors, decorative Superhighway. Both Central Road and playing fields, paddling pool, cricket fanlights over front doors, and Green Lane are London distributor pitch, pitch and putt golf course. The canopies over doors. roads which feed into London Road. park is managed with an emphasis The neighbourhood has some on ecology, including the provision Land Use localised movement issues at peak or of woodland, meadows and scrub The predominant land uses are during event times at the Baitul Futuh habitats. Among amenities added to Mosque just outside the boundary of the public park is a red brick open air 4 residential to the east and public open space to the west. Morden Park and the neighbourhood. theatre with hedged enclosure. Morden Park sports ground cover a vast area of this neighbourhood. Accessibility into Morden Park is Adjacent to Holne Chase is the George Land use along the edge of the park limited for both walkers and cyclists; Hill Open Space which is used to keep fronting onto the London Road is more there is a desire to create better routes beehives and also George Hill East diverse ranging from education to hotel into and across the park. In addition and George Hill West allotments. The for example South Thames College, there are plans to link the park to allotments comprises of a long strip of St. Lawrence Church, Morden green spaces in the wider area. A well maintained garden plots. Primary school, the Harvester pub and number of bus routes operate along Morden Travelodge. The rest of the London Road and Green Lane. Throughout the area, particularly in the neighbourhood comprises residential a Morden South train station at the north Haig Homes developments there are large proportion of which is under the of the area is on the Wimbledon loop, well maintained courtyards of green management of Haig Homes. with plans to improve the frequency of space which contribute to the open services to this station. grain character of the area. Movement London Road is a Transport for Open Space London route and is the busiest traffic Morden Park is large metropolitan corridor in the neighbourhood running open space, it consists of more formal from north to south. It is a dual parkland around Morden Park House carriageway carries a large volume of and the sports ground to the north. The traffic through the area, at peak times it park consists of extensive parkland Morden Park House Merton borough character study: 18 Morden Park Local Neighbourhood Morden Park Local Neighbourhood Neighbourhood Analysis General Neighbourhood Characteristics Major movement corridor Minor movement corridor Major barrier Major Gateway Minor Gateway Minor neighbourhood node Topography gradient 5 Positive Neighbourhood Characteristics Local landmark Key view to green space Panoramic view Green space Linear grass verge Waterspace Negative Neighbourhood Characteristics MOP Public realm enhancement needed Merton borough character study: 18 Morden Park Local Neighbourhood Morden Park Local Neighbourhood Heritage Assets Heritage map to be added at later stage 6 Morden Park Local Neighbourhood Character Areas 1 Rosedene Avenue 2 Green Lane 3 Morden Park 3 1 7 2 1 Morden Park Local Neighbourhood Character Area Assessment, Issues and Guidance 9 1 Rosedene Avenue Character Area Assessment Character Statement Along Rutland Drive there are also This area comprises of 2 pockets oriel window on upper floors.