Streatham Park

Human settlement in England

Streatham Park

Streatham Park

Location within Greater London

London borough|

* Wandsworth

Ceremonial county| Greater London
Region|

* London

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| LONDON
Postcode district| SW16
Dialling code| 020
Police| Metropolitan
Fire| London
Ambulance| London
UK Parliament|

* Tooting

London Assembly|

* Merton and Wandsworth

List of places

England
London

51°25′41″N 0°08′31″W﻿ / ﻿51.428°N 0.142°W﻿ / 51.428; -0.142

Streatham Park is an area of suburban South London that comprises the eastern part of Furzedown ward in the London Borough of Wandsworth, formerly in the historic parish of Streatham. It is bounded by Tooting Bec Common to the north, Thrale Road and West Road to the west and the London to Brighton railway to the east.

The area takes its name from a Georgian country mansion built by the brewer Ralph Thrale. Streatham Park later passed to Ralph's son Henry Thrale, who with his wife, Hester Thrale, entertained many of the leading literary and artistic characters of the day, most notably the lexicographer Samuel Johnson, who was fond of a summer house in the grounds.

## Residents

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Former residents and guests of Streatham Park, or "Streathamites", include many notable 18th-century people: Samuel Johnson, David Garrick, Arthur Murphy, Joshua Reynolds, William Seward, James Boswell, Oliver Goldsmith, Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti, Edmund Burke, Edwin Sandys, William Henry Lyttelton, Sir Robert Chambers, Charles Burney and Frances Burney, along with James and Hester Thrale.[1] The dining room contained 12 portraits of Henry's guests painted by Reynolds. These pictures were wittily labelled by Frances Burney as the Streatham Worthies.

Streatham Park was later leased to the prime minister Lord Shelburne, and was the venue of the negotiated peace with France in 1783. The Streatham Park mansion was demolished in 1863 and the estate and adjacent fields were laid out for suburban development.

Although much of the area was destroyed by bombing in World War II and redeveloped by the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth as council housing in the 1950s, both the avenues of trees of the Georgian estate and much of the Victorian era tree planting survive, and the area is now a conservation area.

The remaining pre-war buildings include Dixcote (8 North Drive), a rare urban example of a house by the Arts and Crafts architect Charles Voysey.[2] A plaque erected by the Streatham Society on one of the small modern houses marks the site of the Streatham Park mansion.[3]

## Notes

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1. ^ Pittock p. 164
2. ^ "Geograph:: Dixcote, North Drive © Stephen Richards cc-by-sa/2.0".
3. ^ "Streatham Society". Streatham Society. Retrieved 12 May 2014.

## References

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* Pittock, Murray (2004), "Johnson, Boswell, and their circle." In English Literature 1740-1830, edited by Thomas Keymer and Jon Mee, 157-172. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 308 pp.

## External links

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* Streatham Park on Thrale.com
* The Streatham Society
* Streatham Park Conservation Area conservation statement

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London Borough of Wandsworth

Districts|

* Balham
* Battersea
* Clapham
* Earlsfield
* Furzedown
* Nine Elms
* Putney
* Putney Heath
* Putney Vale
* Roehampton
* Southfields
* Streatham Park
* Summerstown
* Tooting (including Tooting Graveney and Upper Tooting)
* Wandsworth
* West Hill

Attractions|

* Battersea Arts Centre
* Battersea Power Station
* Bridge Lane Theatre
* Chrysalis Theatre
* De Morgan Centre
* Grace Theatre
* New Covent Garden Market
* New Wandsworth Museum
* Pump House Gallery
* Theatre503
* Theatre of the Dispossessed

Bridges and tunnels|

* Albert Bridge
* Battersea Bridge
* Battersea Railway Bridge
* Chelsea Bridge
* Fulham Railway Bridge
* Grosvenor Bridge
* Putney Bridge
* Wandsworth Bridge

Parks and open spaces|

* Battersea Park
* Clapham Common
* King George's Park
* Tooting Bec Common
* Wandsworth Common
* Wandsworth Park
* Wimbledon Park
* York Gardens

Constituencies|

* Battersea
* Putney
* Tooting

Tube and rail stations|

* Balham
* Battersea Park
* Battersea Power Station
* Clapham Junction
* Clapham South
* Earlsfield
* East Putney
* Nine Elms
* Putney
* Queenstown Road (Battersea)
* Southfields
* Tooting (in LB of Merton)
* Tooting Bec
* Tooting Broadway
* Wandsworth Common
* Wandsworth Town

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* Listed buildings
* Grade I and II*
* Grade II
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* Public art
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