The billiard room at Foots Cray Place

Date:
Aug 1900
Location:
Foots Cray Place, Foots Cray, Sidcup, Bexley, Greater London Authority, Da14
Reference:
BL16070
Type:
Photograph (Gelatine Print)
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Description

Foots Cray Place was built in the 'Palladian style' for Bourchier Cleeve in 1754. When this photograph was taken, the estate belonged to Samuel J Waring (junior), chairman of the well known furniture manufacturers Waring and Gillow Ltd. Waring improved the gardens and estate, including the construction of a new gate lodge. In 1949 the house was destroyed by fire. The following year the ruins were demolished and the grounds turned into a public park. The Bedford Lemere daybook records that the architect R Frank Atkinson was employed by Waring on the restoration of Foots Cray Place.

Content

This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Client: Waring, Samuel James

Photographer: Lemere, Henry Bedford: Bedford Lemere And Company

Architect: Atkinson, Robert Frank

Keywords

Billiard Room, Country House