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  Croydon Inclosure map 1800

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  Croydon Tithe Awards 1847

It is unclear from these extracts who owned the land now occupied by Grange Hill in 1800.  There appear then to be two properties already built Gayfere and The Grange.  Grange Hill did not extend beyond the Grange as Decimus Burton Road, later Grange Road, which linked Thornton Heath with the Beulah Spa had yet to be formally laid out.

The tithe map of 1847 shows the following land owners:

1. 3599 Henry Barton
2. 3603 Chas Bingham
3. 3604 William Pawson

William Pawson was a local land owner at one time (1835) owning the whole of the Whitehorse Estate which included the Beulah Spa grounds.  William Pawson was a wealth magistrate living in Farnley Yorkshire.  He made his money as a woollen cloth merchant.  On his death in 1863 Whitehorse farm was passed to his youngest son Charles Hall Pawson.

 

• 1800 Croydon Inclosures
• 1820/30 Gayfere and The Grange built
• 1850s Grange Hill House built

The first houses built on Grange Hill were:  The Grange, Gayfere, Grange Hill House and Norhyrst and its Lodge House.  They can be seen on the maps below.  Before the Second World War parcels of land were sold off for development and three pairs of semi-detached houses were added to the lower end of the road.  At the top of the road Teesdale Gardens eight houses were added at the end of the 1970s.

 

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  1894

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  1910

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  1930

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  1940

Grange Hill is typified by a diverse range of house styles with a variety of house/plot sizes, materials and massing. House types are detached, semi-detached and terraced. Houses are mostly two stories with pitched roofs of various gradients and finishes. Building materials vary from facing brick to painted render. The building massing on the street is also quite varied.  Houses are of a variety of ages including the Grange that is locally listed. On Grange Hill to the left of the site are a pair of semi-detached houses, and to the right, is a stepped terrace dating from the late 1970’s. There is no definite or uniform building line on Grange Hill, the majority of houses are set within 5m of the back of pavement.

During World War 2 during the blitz a number of high explosive bombs fell in the neighbourhood.  Many close to the junction with Grange Road.  One house in nearby Grangecliffe Gardens recieved a direct hit and was totally destroyed.  V1 rockets fell later in Grange Road and Grangewood Park.