Interior of Coventry Hall in Polworth Road
Interior of Coventry Hall in Polworth Road
Record No
122758
Title
Interior of Coventry Hall in Polworth Road
Description
Demolished in 1982, Coventry Hall was originally a villa that once stood in parkland to the east of Streatham High Road and to the north of Streatham Common, predating the construction of Polworth Road. It was built on the site of Howland Manor House for George William Coventry, Viscount Deerhurst and 7th Earl of Coventry (1758-1831). By the time of the 1881 Census, it was the home of banker Otto von der Meden (1828-1906), together with his family and staff. Later incorporated into St. Andrew’s Convent and subsequently converted into residential apartments, it was much extended by the mid-twentieth century, with east and north wings added. The Coventry Hall name is retained today for the sheltered housing development built on the adjacent land. This view shows the derelict hallway, looking towards the entrance. The ornamental profiling to the door surround and its timber panels may be original to the house. Much of the ceiling plaster has fallen away. Two arched beams are shown ‘suspended’ on decorative console brackets, one overlapped by the intrusive electrical service cupboard to the right of view added during the twentieth century. It has a pair of doors, one of which has been removed revealing a large electrical box with a large single cable extending below through the floor and an isolating lever to its side.
Date of execution
1981
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_422_81_15064
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