EPW055296 ENGLAND (1937). Lichfield Court and environs, Richmond, 1937

The Orange Tree Public House

Railway Hotel (Public House)

The Brown Bear Public House. Now closed.

Richmond Fire Station, this building still stands

This will become Richmond Synagogue the following year 1938 until 1986, Waitrose is currently on this site.

The distinctive saw-tooth roof ridges (with glazed skylights on the north facing slopes) of the 'Old Drill Hall' at 31 Townshend Terrace. In 1912-13 this building was used by aviation pioneer R. L. Howard-Flanders as a factory to build his Flanders monoplanes. In 1915 it was taken over by Mr. J. A. Whitehead, to found the Whitehead Aircraft Company. As the business expanded into adjoining properties, the original factory was repeatedly remodelled, as far as the footprint of the site allowed, and is referred to on the attached postcard issued by the company as 'the old works.' In the 1920's it was used for manufacturing celluloid by Messrs. Greenhill & Sons Ltd. The factory was severely damaged in the same fire in 1947 that and subsequently demolished.

Manor Park lane. At the beginning of WW1 the strip of waste ground to the north, between this road and the railway line, had been earmarked for housing but not yet built on. In 1916 this area was leased by Whitehead Aircraft and used as the site of a large extension to their aeroplane factory where they built Maurice Farman MFII trainers and Sopwith 'Pup' fighters - or 'Whitehead Fighting Scouts' as Mr Whitehead preferred to describe them. The temporary factory buildings were demolished after the war and the land reverted to housing.

Allotments on the former lands of the 'Kings's Farm' - a model farm belonging to George III.

South gable of the much remodelled 'Old Drill Hall.'

Industrial chimney, associated either with the original Whitehead Aircraft works on either side of Townshend Terrace or possibly with Greenhill & Sons celluloid works established soon after on the same site.

53-71 Grena Road. The chimneys of this terrace of domestic dwellings, tucked behind the former Whitehead Aircraft factory, are the only parts visible in this photo. This entire terrace was acquired by Whitehead Aircraft during WW1 and used as offices and stores.

Factory buildings erected or remodelled by Greenhill & Sons Ltd. who took over part of the former Whitehead Aircraft works in the early 1920's.

Level crossing over railway line.

Junction of Manor Park and Manor Road

Blackhorse(?)Garage, built by Whitehead Aircraft during WW1. Now a wine sellers warehouse.

Manor Grove

North Sheen Railway Station Southern Railway

Paradise Road

A305 Sheen Road

Kew Road

Lower Mortlake Road A316

Richmond Station Southern Railway On 1 August 1937 the SR opened its rebuilt station with the station building and the through platforms moved east to be next to the terminal platforms. At around the same time the SR moved the goods yard from the site of the original terminus to a new location north-east of the station. Wikipedia

The Quadrant A307

George Street A307

Richmond Green

Little Green

Lichfield Court.Completed in 1935, Lichfield Court consists of two Grade II listed purpose-built blocks of flats in fine Streamline Moderne style, situated in Richmond, London. It is built on the site of Lichfield House which was reputedly designed by Christopher Wren; built for George Nevill, 1st Earl of Abergavenny, it later became the palace for the Bishop of Lichfield. Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1837–1915), novelist, lived at Lichfield House from 1901 and died there.[1] The house and grounds were acquired in 1933 by George Broadbridge and redeveloped into the present two blocks of flats. The company estate office and porters’ office are situated in the main lobby of the major block. The buildings are surrounded by estate grounds which are a mix of gardens and unallocated parking, the major block having a decorative inner courtyard garden and pond. Initially intended for the rental market, the flats conformed to six different types ranging from studio flats with no alcove, to studio flats with one alcove or two alcoves, and one to three bedroom flats, some with balconies. Acknowledgement to Wikipedia.