HISTORIC BUILDINGS
OLD PHOTOS
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Save our Town Centre
from being dominated by tower blocks: Look here and email our ward councillors about:
* High rises in the Local Plan
* housing and a hotel on the civic centre (old palace)
and
* 16+ high rises from the draft Master Plan down the Lower High Street
* and there's others...
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High Street No. 147-149 & 151-153 Demolished – The White Hart Inn
This much lamented ancient Inn dated from the medieval era and had been rebuilt as the commercial hub in the 1830s. Replaced by a space wasting concrete cuboid. Continue reading
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Tagged Brutalist, Lost-Heritage, White Hart Inn
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Church House and Library Gardens
These two parks are really one; it is just a historical note that Library Gardens is the level area behind the Churchill Theatre; you then go down the slope to the integrated Church House Gardens. Note that, part of this … Continue reading
Posted in Green Space
Tagged Abel Moysey, Carnegie Library, Church House Gardens, Churchill Theatre, Emily Dowling, George Sparkes, Green space, Library Gardens, Mr J Stenning
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Write and Stop This Tower Block – we want our neo-Georgian shop to stay
S2 Estates have put in an application for a 16 storey tower on the site of the former Maplins store. Their supporting statement said that they felt it would help locals find the High Street. This 1932 neo-Georgian shop is … Continue reading
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Tagged 66-70 High Street
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Heritage Buildings of the Upper/North High Street
This is the oldest section of the High Street, and has buildings that survive from the 1700s. The town is very fortunate that there we have a fine collection of Victorian and Arts and Craft era buildings in this part … Continue reading
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Local Plan Sites 4 & 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9.
Sites 4 (Homesdale Gas Holders) and 5 (Bickley Stn sidings) are situated just south of the town centre. 6 is Bromley Gym and park in St Pauls Cray. 7 (Orchards Lodge), 8 (Bassetts Campus) and 9 (Bruce Road Depot) are built. Continue reading
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2019 Local Plan Site 3 – Hill Car Park & Adjacent
Redevelopment of the Hill Car park site. entry in the Local Plan: Site Policy: Development for mixed use including retail (150sqm), cultural facilities, car parking for the public and for residential, and 150 residential units. Proposals will be expected to: … Continue reading
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2019 Local Plan Site 2 – Bromley North Station
The Area around Bromley North Station has been on the plans for redevelopment, for at least 10 years. Each new version increases the number of ‘units’ (housing units, in this case flats) that are expected to fit on the site. … Continue reading
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High Street No. 179-183 William Hill formerly Martins Bank – Heritage Building
Designed by the Arts and Crafts architect Ernest Newton (see our page here). The Martins Bank website provides some more pictures of the interior of the building, with an interesting note on the occasion: “For our Bromley Branch features, we … Continue reading
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Tagged Arts And Crafts Movement, Ernest Newton
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Market Square Nos 12-13 Ocean Basket – Heritage Building
Ocean Basket occupies the first building displaying the transition from a small market town into a Victorian shopping centre. It is built in the Queen Anne style from the Arts and Crafts Movement, whose hallmark was the sunflower motif that … Continue reading
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BCS and Parks Heritage Walk No.1 Market Square and North High Street
Market Square shops High Street north of Market Square You can download this walk as a .pdf here. Start at the south side of Market Square, outside Ann Summers. Look at the Primark Extension opposite you: Market Square is the … Continue reading
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