Everetts Cottages, Phipps Bridge Road, Mitcham
Partial / Incomplete Date | c.1888 |
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Area | Mitcham |
Picture Reference | Mit_Buildings_14-1 |
Original Format | Watercolour |
Notes / History | Shown on the left hand side of this watercolour, is Flint Tower which was a folly built in the 1870's as a buttress to support a terrace of five properties, known as Everett's Place. Four of the buildings were built Circa 1825, with the addition of a fifth at a later date. The fifth property became unstable and the unusual solution to stabilise the house and terrace was to build a flint, stone and brick castellated one bedroom folly, complete with spiral steps to a tower. Records show that the folly has been lived in and was subsequently included within the Wandle properties managed by the National Trust. |