. Addiscombe, its heroes and men of note; by Colonel H. M. With an introduction by Lord Roberts of . h faces west, the gardensand lawns arc most beautifully kept: and beyond these thereis a fine avenue which leads to Addington church, where someof the archbishops are buried. Outside the West Lodge are the Addington hills, which slopedown towards Croydon, and from the summit of these hills youlook down on Croydon and across the valley towards theCrystal Palace, of which you get a fine view. The Addingtonsare covered with heather, and even as late as October it issurprising
. Addiscombe, its heroes and men of note; by Colonel H. M. With an introduction by Lord Roberts of . h faces west, the gardensand lawns arc most beautifully kept: and beyond these thereis a fine avenue which leads to Addington church, where someof the archbishops are buried. Outside the West Lodge are the Addington hills, which slopedown towards Croydon, and from the summit of these hills youlook down on Croydon and across the valley towards theCrystal Palace, of which you get a fine view. The Addingtonsare covered with heather, and even as late as October it issurprising to find that you can get heather within about 10 milesof London. I paid the place a visit in October, 1893, and brought backa quantity of heather from the common. A good deal of planting has been done since AddiscombeCollege disappeared. The West Lodge (or Station L.), of whicha sketch is given as it was in 1856, is now a much more pre-tentious building. I visited the lodge, and the lodge-keeper(the daughter of the baker at Shirley) showed me a pencildrawing of a cart-horse being shod in a smithy, done by a cadet, 9.
Size: 1528px × 1635px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookidaddiscombeit, bookyear1894
