Thornsett Road Thornsett 19 18 20 21 Garden Road Garden Croydon Road Croydon 17 Green Lane Green High Street High 16 2 15 22 13 1 14 Maple Road Maple 3 Parish Lane Parish Penge Lane Penge 12 Lennard Road Lennard 11 10 9 4 Anerley 8 St Johns Road Johns St 7 23 6 Road Maitland 5 Mosslea Road Mosslea Penge East Penge Penge West Penge Thicket Road Thicket N 24 Welcome to the Penge The Penge Heritage Trail. Heritage Trail We hope you follow the trail to appreciate more the rich history of Guide: Penge. A special thank you to all Including map of sites who contributed to the Spacehive crowdfunding project appeal to make this project possible. PENGE HERITAGE Main Sponsors: £100 Penge Town Centre Glenn Lawrence TRAIL SPONSORS or more Team Yves Leruste for the website and SE20 Art Group Monica Utting Paul Main pamphlet guide Penge Food Assembly Michele Martin Ian Barrington, Designer Sponsors: up to £100 Paul Mawdesley Sponsors are those Drapes Alexandra Quiz Night Peter Meader who pledged money Judy Barrington, Anonymous (16 Rachel New online, responding to Designer Drapes sponsors) Lesley O’Shaughnessy the Spacehive crowd- Laurent Duchateau, Emma Antonova Michael O’Shaughnessy funding appeal, or who Bluemetis Ltd Asshetons Estate Agents Pippa O’Shaughnessy contributed financial Kirvan Bond, Solicitors SE20 Art Exhibition Katherine Palmer- backing in other ways Siobhan Caswall visitors Skillings e.g. by cheque or by Richard Crowley, Kathy Bance Helen Parker cash. Without sponsors Property World Blue Belle Café Neil Pettigrew the project could not Darren Dunwell, Solitaire Kevin Brooks Penny Read succeed. Our grateful Ewings and Co, Conway Castle-Knight Margaret Rogers thanks – from the Penge Solicitors Betty Carter Lydia Sarin Town Centre Team. Penge Forum Lorna Clark Wendy Sears John Getgood Tom Cornish Emily Shenton Principal Sponsors: Sue Hamilton Hannah Dick Fiona Silk £500 or more Penge Heritage Quiz John Egan Tracy Speechley fundraiser Mary Heim Tali Emdin Martin Spence Sandra Honeysett Quiz Hit Men fundraiser Claire Frost Roger Taylor Night fundraiser Milton Lloyd Andrew Duncan Frost Richard Tonkin Sinon Kelly, Bridge Christopher Duncan Gillies Lis Watkins O’Shaughnessy House Tavern Caroline Goffin Melanie Way Sixties and All that Jazz Colette Laws-Chapman Petra Hendrikse Joel White fundraiser The Mc Cabe Family Sally Hood Gill Wing What’s My Wine? The Meredith family fundraiser Helen Hughes Valerie Williams Mark Painter Nigel Jarman Albert Parr and Sons Ltd A Penge Town Centre Team initiative supported by public subscription. Brigid Judson Access even more heritage sites, stories and people on the Penge Heritage Trail website. The Penge Heritage Trail: the sites 16 Empire Square 21 Thornsett Road High Street, SE20 7EX off Croydon Road, SE20 7XE Site of the magnificent Empire Famous residents include poet Walter 1 Alexandra Estate, 9 St John the Evangelist Church Theatre. Designed by W.R. Sprague de la Mare (14); sanitary ware pioneer off Parish Lane, SE20 SLJ High Street, SE20 7EQ and opened in 1915 with Marie Lloyd Thomas Crapper (12); and George Built in 1866/68 by the Metropolitan Architects Edwin Nash and J.N. topping the bill. Daniels watchmaker (21). Blue plaques Association for Improving the Round. Built 1850. William Morris for all three. Dwellings of the Industrious studio stained glass window. Classes. Now privately-owned and Ira Aldridge married there in 1865. a conservation area, the estate was Grade II listed. named after Princess Alexandra of Denmark, who had married Queen Penge War Memorial Victoria’s eldest son Edward in 1863. 10 High Street, SE20 7HB 2 The Old Drill Hall Tall granite celtic cross with inscribed Parish Lane, SE20 7LH plaques for the fallen of both world wars. Grade II listed. 17 The Old Police Station Built for and functioned as the High Street, SE20 7DS headquarters of the Volunteer Reserve of the Territorial Army from 1914 to Formerly the oldest working police 1961. station in metropolitan London from 1872-2010. 3 Holy Trinity Church 22 Betts Park Lennard Road, SE20 7LX Croydon Road, SE20 8TP Circa 1878: architects E.F.C. Clarke Opened in 1928. Named after property and H. Daukes. owner Frederic Betts. Children’s play In the Victorian Gothic style. War area. Remains of the old Croydon Memorial is Grade II listed. 11 Penge Recreation Ground canal (1809-1836). High Street, SE20 8HU Alexandra Recreation Ground 4 Opened in 1888. Park lodge. Mrs Lennard Road, SE26 5ND Maple’s red granite fountain, 1889. Opened in 1891. Children’s play area, paddling pool, football pitches. Named after Alexandra, future wife of King Edward VII. Bowling Club dates from 1919. 18 Penge Congregational Church High Street, SE20 7QS 5 Penge East Railway Station Station Road, SE20 7BE Designed by Percy Morley Holder Anerley Town Hall in Romanesque style. Built in 1912. 23 Built in 1863 for the London, Chatham William Morris studio stained-glass Anerley Road, SE20 8BD and Dover Railway Company. windows. Lewis organ. Grade II listed. Formerly the Anerley Vestry, then Gothic style architectural influences. Town Hall from 1900 to 1965. Art Grade II listed. 12 Royal Watermen’s Almshouses nouveau features. Locally listed. High Street, SE20 7EL Built 1839/41 for retired watermen and 24 Dinosaurs lightermen of the Thames. Designed Crystal Palace Park, SE20 8DT by George Porter on land given by John Dudin Brown. Tudor style. Designed and sculpted by Benjamin Grade II listed. Waterhouse Hawkins in 1853 as part of the Crystal Palace move to Penge in 1854 from Hyde Park. 6 Tomei & Sons Ltd St John’s Road, SE20 7ED Internationally famous for ornamental plasterwork and mouldings. Business Crooked Billet dates from 1875. 13 High Street, SE20 7HA 7 The Royal Naval Asylum Previous hostelries date back to 1601 19 Kentwood Centre St John’s Road, SE20 7EG or earlier. One of the oldest sites in High Street, SE20 7PR Penge. Almshouses for the widows of naval Formerly the Beckenham and Penge County Grammar School for Boys. Bill officers. Founded by Queen Adelaide St John’s Cottages Pavement Plaques in 1847 in memory of King William IV. 14 Wyman of the Rolling Stones attended Maple Road, SE20 8HX As you go look out for the pavement Architect: Philip Hardwick. Tudor in school there. plaques funded by Bromley Council: style. Grade II listed. Designed by Edwin Nash, architect of St John’s Church as almshouses. Built 20 Winsford Gardens Ira Aldridge Peggy Spencer in 1863/64. Croydon Road, SE20 7SS R W Almshouses Empire Theatre Formerly the garden of Winsford 15 Maple Road House built in 1936 by Stephen Gee. Royal Naval Tomei and Sons SE20 8HZ Now a public Penge park. Asylum Bill Wyman Once famous for its weekly market, Crooked Billet ERITAG E H E T Maple Road is now home to many G R N A David Bowie E IL artists, creatives and street art. P Dinosaurs Ira Aldridge (1807-1867) Afro-American actor celebrated for his Shakespearean roles. Alexandra Estate Married Amanda Von Brandt in St John’s Church in 1865. Queen Adelaide Court 8 Walter De La St John’s Road, SE20 7DX Mare Block of flats designed in the modern brutalist style by Edward Armstrong. Award for Architectural Merit in the Festival of Britain, 1951. Penge Heritage Trail Penge Heritage Trail Penge Tourist Board www.pengetouristboard.co.uk www.pengese20.co.uk. design by @mrdomrichards cover image by Lis Watkins (@lineandwash).