Belair, Southwark, England

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Brief description of site

Belair was a late 18th-century landscape park, covering 20 hectares at its most extensive. Since the 1860s the grounds have covered only 10 hectares, and have been used as a public park since 1947.

Brief history of site

A new house, College Place, was completed by 1785. It is thought that this replaced an earlier house. By 1848 the lake had been altered to its present design. Proposals to develop the site for housing about 1890 failed, and the site remained in private ownership until 1938.

Location information:

OS Landranger Map Sheet Number:	177	Grid Ref:	TQ330735
Latitude:	51.44488	Longitude:	-0.0876002

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