Wilson
Grove Estate, Bermondsey, London
Architect
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Ewart G Culpin
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Date Built
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Opened 1928
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Location
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Between
Bermondsey Tube Station on Jamaica Road and the
river
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Description
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The move to demolish slum housing in
Bermondsey after WWI and rehouse large numbers
of people was met with proposals to erect
tenament blocks. Wilson Grove was a
diversion from that plan. An article on
the municipaldreams.wordpress.com site, entitled
"The Wilson Grove Estate, Bermondsey: ‘A
cottage home for every family’
explains that, "Bermondsey, though, had
‘decided that it would not put up anything
of which it would be ashamed’ – ‘it
steadfastly refused to warehouse the people
in barracks’. The result was
this little enclave of "Garden City" style
cottages
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