2020
TQ3573 : 30, Horniman Drive
taken 4 years ago, near to Dulwich, Southwark, England
30, Horniman Drive
Known as "Welcome Aboard", this house was built in 1932 and designed by Robert Atkinson and Partners who were also responsible for the Art-Deco foyer of the Daily Express building in Fleet Street.
Welcome Aboard was built for R.G. Chittenden a member of the family owning Salisbury's luggage shops. Original plans show it to be a two bedroom house with living/dining room and kitchen on the first floor. The wing on the left was built as a garage extension and was indicated on the plans. It has since been converted into extra rooms. As built originally to have a gas fire in the living room, the chimney (to the right of the tree) seems to be a later addition when an open fire replaced the gas version.
Information credit to Sue Grindlay, 20th Century Society notes 2005
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