Unlike the work of painters and sculptors, architecture tends to be more vulnerable to the vagaries of time, fashion, and thoughtless development. There are also two who had family connections in Chislehurst: Sir Ernest George (1839-1922) who lived in Streatham, and Sir Aston Webb (1849-1930), who had a very large London practice. but is best remembered for his ideas of Daylight Saving, or ‘Summer Time’ as it is known. William Willett the younger (1856-1915) purchased the Camden Park estate in 1889. Also included is some of the work of Amos Faulkner (1867-1940), who was chief architect of the Willett property developers’ firm. The emphasis is upon three major architects: Edward John May (1853-1941), and George Somers Leigh Clarke (1825-1882), who both lived in Chislehurst, and Ernest Newton (1856-1922), who lived in Bickley. It is intended as a simple introduction to the local work of several architects, once widely known in their heyday, but now rather forgotten. This Town Trail looks at a selection of private houses and a few other buildings, none of which is open to the public. Chislehurst is rich in architecture and particularly of the period in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when the influence of Arts & Crafts was at its height.
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