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1. Addington 2. Cam Grove 3. Cam New Rd 4, Wilson Road

Camberwell is located next to Dulwich. Property in Camberwell ranges from Georgian to Victorian properties. Here are a selection of the best roads in SE5. For local house and flat sales information visit the Andrews & Robertson website via the banner link at the top of the page.


Addington Square

Architecture and history:
Early C19 brick townhouses and terraces.

Comments:
Conservation area. Quiet aspect with shared communal garden.


Camberwell Green

Architecture and history:
Various period styles from C18.

Comments:
Conservation area. Busy roads with improved Green.

Key Properties:
Nos 15 (C18 with big top window with fan motif) Nos 7-13 (early C19 terrace)


Camberwell Grove

Architecture and history:
Various period styles from C18. Originally walnut tree-lined path to Dr Lettsom's house and park.

Comments:
Nos 1-151, 28-220, 153-211 are in a conservation area. Generally busy road.

Key Properties:
Nos 33-45 (1785)/ Nos 79-85 (c. 1778)
Nos 169-183 Grove Crescent (stuccoed c. 1815-1830? alternate pairs with pediments)
No 220 Hermitage (rustic cottage late C18 or early C19)


Camberwell New Road

Architecture and history:
Laid out in 1818 and developed in c. 1820s with urban terraces and villas. The longest Georgian road in the country.

Comments:
Nos 225-293, 230-296, 319-325, 344-352 in conservation area. Busy main road.

Key Properties:
Nos 62-84 (64-76 are 1825)
Nos 84-90 (linked pair of villas)
Nos 106-138
Nos 137-155
Nos 185-187
No 189 Clifton Cottage (1823 doorway with Greek columns/stucco)


Camberwell Road

Architecture and history:
Various period styles from C18.

Comments:
117-155 in conservation area. Very busy road. A few front gardens survive.

Key Properties:
No 86a (1815 with Coade stone reliefs from Dr Lettsom's house in Camberwell Grove).


Champion Grove

Architecture and history:
Developed in 1830s. Stuccoed pairs (c. 1840)

Comments: Conservation area. Quiet aspect.

Key Properties:


Champion Hill

Architecture and history: Various period styles from C18.

Comments:
Tree-lined but with busy rush-hour traffic.

Key Properties:
No 23 (1791 by M Searles with Doric colonnade-porch).
No 29 (early C19)
No 47 (early C19)


Cobourg Road

Architecture and history:
1820s development of brick semidetached houses. Road finished by 1870s.

Comments:
1-103, 100-104 are in a conservation area.


Denmark Road

Architecture and history:
Minet estate developed in 1890s.

Comments:
98-112 are in a conservation area.


Grosvenor Park

Architecture and history: *
Comments: *


Grove Lane

Architecture and history:
Various period styles from C18.

Comments:
Nos 2-14, 18-80, 15-93, 98-120, 101-201 and Karen Court are in a conservation area. Generally quiet road with some rush-hour traffic.

Key Properties:
Nos 18-62 (late C18 terrace- previuosly Queens Row? map of 1862)
Nos 49-55 (early C19 brick)
No 65a (stucco with Gothic details)
No 83 (stucco with Gothic details)
Nos 103-109 (stuccoed with bowed windows)
Nos 139-161 (stucced, previously Grove Hill Terrace?)


Grove Park

Architecture and history:
Site of Dr Lettsoms house, the garden remains.

Comments:
Quiet and tree-lined.

Key Properties:
No 8 (c. 1776-80 by Henry Smith)
Nos 1240125 (c. 1830)


Havil Street

Architecture and history:
Victorian street

Comments:
Quiet street off Peckham Road.

Key Properties:
Nos 28-52


Knatchbull Road

Architecture and history:
Victorian.

Comments:
4-28, 1-49 are in a conservation area.

Key Properties:
Longfield Hall (1889 bow-fronted with corner entrances)


Southampton Way

Architecture and history:
Pockets of Victorian houses.

Comments:
292-232 are in a conservation area. Busy through road.

Key Properties:
Nos 71-77


Wells Way

Architecture and history:
Pockets of Victorian houses.

Comments:
Busy through road.

Key Properties:
Nos 97-111


Wilson Road

Architecture and history:
Cooper & Kendall built several house in 1878-1879.
Comments:
Quiet back road.

 

 

 
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