Now, I have Brenda to thank for giving me permission to post her picture of the entrance to Cliefden.
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| Cliefden, 2022 |
She posted it on that excellent Facebook site I’m from S.E. London and Bromley, and commented that “I was in n Eltham High Street yesterday. Saw this interesting doorway with many windows above, a sizeable building, not in a good state of repair now”.
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| Cliefden, 1977 |
It was once an elegant 18th century property on the High Street, and is a building with a long history which over the years I have written about.*
For many it will just be the two shops either side of that tired looking door.
But in it’s time it was a family home and even a military academy.
Perhaps its long and fascinating history as a once fine Eltham home will embolden someone to give it a makeover.
We shall see.
Location; Eltham High Street
Pictures; Cliefden 2022, courtesy of Brenda Wilkinson and in 1977, from the collection of Jean Gammons
*Cliefden, https://chorltonhistory.blogspot.com/search?q=cliefden
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