Back to the Exhibition that saved Bedford Park
Panel 1
1 Jonathan Carr
1. Memorial plaque, St Michael’s Church
2 (Early history)
1. The Adams map
2. Bedford House:
i The pediment
ii Pre-Bedford Park watercolour
iii OS 25” map, 1871
3 The First Houses 1876: Godwin, Coe and Robinson
1. Godwin design which attracted Carr’s attention
2. Godwin design for semi-detached houses
3. Coe and Robinson design for semi-detached houses
4. Godwin design for corner houses
5. 1 The Avenue (design 4)
6. 1 The Avenue
7. 35 Woodstock Road (modified design 4) 1963
Panel 2
4 Architect: R Norman Shaw
1. RNS third design for semi-detached houses
2. RNS first design for detached house
3. RNS second design for detached house
4. 16, 18 Priory Avenue
5. 5 Queen Anne’s Gardens 1963
6. RNS: semi-detached houses with Dutch gables
7. 24-30 The Avenue
8. 6 Bedford Road 1963
9. 5 Priory Gardens 1963
10. 20, 22 Priory Avenue 1947
10 Bedford Park Club by E J May
1. Design for Club
2. Club photographed by Bedford Lemere 1881
3. Interior view
Panel 3
5 1880 Nos 12 and 14 Newton Grove designed by Maurice B Adams
1. Portrait of M B Adams
2. Design drawing of the houses
3. Plan and window detail
4. Houses as originally built
5. Houses in 1963
6. Houses from the south
6 Early Photographs
1. Bedford Road with the Tower House, 1881
2. Church and Tabard Inn, 1881
3. Watercolour of Bedford Park under construction, 20.03.1877
7 Other Houses
1. 21 Priory Avenue
2. 11 South Parade and 14 The Orchard
3. 14, 13, 12, and part of 11 South Parade
4. 9 Queen Anne’s Gardens
5. Drawings of 14 South Parade
6. Drawings of 14 South Parade
Panel 4
8 Designed by E J May
1. Design for Vicarage
2. Vicarage from church turret, 1960
3. 8, 7, 6, and 5 South Parade
4. Vicarage garden front 1947
5. Design for semi-detached houses in The Orchard
6. 3, 4 South Parade
7. 5 The Orchard (The Gables, demolished).
8. Design for Priory House
9. Priory House 1947
10. Design for a terrace
11. 15-25 Queen Anne’s Grove
9 Designed by W Wilson
1. 2 Blenheim Road
2. 7 Queen Anne’s Gardens
3. Lithograph of 7 Queen Anne’s Gardens
4. Lithograph of The Avenue
5. Lithograph view of The Avenue
Panel 5
11 Tower House by R N Shaw
1. Published design
2. Tower House
4a First Designs of R Norman Shaw
1. Portrait of RNS
2. RNS first design for semi-detached houses
3. RNS second design for semi-detached houses
4. 17 Woodstock Road 1963
5. 15, 17 Woodstock Road
6. 16-22 The Avenue
7. Design for a terrace
8. 24-34 Woodstock Road
9. 32, 34 Woodstock Road 1963
10. 24-34 Woodstock Road
Panel 6
12 Tabard Inn and Stores
1. Trumpeter side of sign
2. Design for the group
3. The group from church turret, 1960
4. The Tabard, 1967
13 Church of St Michael and All Angels
1. Part of gate of Parish Hall
2. Design for the Parish Hall
3. View from the Green
4. Design for the church
5. Interior from nave to east end
6. Working details
7. Working details
8. Working details
9. Working details
10. Working details
Panel 7
14 Changes in Bedford Park
1. 1 Marlborough Crescent c.1900
2. 1 Marlborough Crescent c.1960
3. 1 Marlborough Crescent c.1960
4. Site of 1 Marlborough Crescent 1967
5. Balcony with steel tube railing (16 Addison Grove)
6. Balcony with original wooden balusters
(5 Addison Grove)
7. Pair of houses, one door hood removed
(3, 5 Blenheim Road)
8. Pair of houses, one with dormer glazing bars removed (50/52 Woodstock Road)
9. Garden elevation of the Gables,
5 The Orchard, 1965
10. Demolition of 5 The Orchard, 1966
11. Corner of Bedford Road and Queen Anne’s Gardens c.1955
12. Corner of Bedford Road and Queen Anne’s Gardens 1967
13. 5 Marlborough Crescent, c.1963
14. 5 Marlborough Crescent with changes to pediment and dormers
15. 1 Woodstock Road from Bedford Road c.1955
16. 1 Woodstock Road with arched gateway 1963
Panel 8
15 Bedford Park in Recent Years
1. 9 Addison Grove 1963
2. 15 Blenheim Road 1963
3. 21, 23 Blenheim Road
4. Blenheim Road looking west
5. Blenheim Road looking east
6. Blenheim Road looking east
16 Further Houses by R Norman Shaw
1. 46 Woodstock Road
2. 3 Newton Grove 1963
3. 16 Marlborough Crescent
4. Gate and door, 21 Blenheim Road
5. Doorway (cf 15 Blenheim Road)
6. Palisade fence (23 Blenheim Road)
17 Early Illustrations
1. Architectural details by Raffles Davidson 1880s
2. Publicity material by Bedford Park Ltd early 1880s
3. Publicity material by Bedford Park Ltd early 1880s
4. Three house designs (Ladies Pictorial 24.06.1882)
5. 'Our Local Views' selection of drawings 1880s
6. John Jellicoe sketches of Bedford Park 1879
7. Costumes of Bedford Park 1882
18 School of Art by Maurice B Adams
1. Bedford Lemere photograph 1881
2. Sketches
3. Drawings from Building News
Unnumbered and Untitled
1. Bedford Park Society details and application for membership
2. Acknowledgements for exhibits
Note on Dates
Where no date is given for contemporary photographs, they were probably taken between 1963 and 1967
Panel 9
19 (Untitled)
1. View from church turret: Priory Gardens, 1960
2. View from church turret: Priory Gardens, 1960
3. View from church turret: Priory Gardens and Priory Avenue, 1960
4. View from church turret: Priory House, 1960
5. View from church turret: Priory Gardens and Priory Avenue, 1960
6. View from church turret: Bedford Corner and Melbourne House, 1960
7. View from church turret: Woodstock Road east side, 1960
8. View from church turret: Priory Avenue, 1960
9. View from church turret: Priory Gardens, 1960
10. View from church turret: Between Priory Avenue and Woodstock Road, 1960
11. View from church turret: Between Priory Avenue and Woodstock Road, 1960
12. View from church turret: Acton Green, 1960
13. Flats out of scale with original houses (The Avenue)
14. Effect of using roughcast instead of restoring bricks (33, 35 Bath Road)
15. Effect of modernising one of original elevations (10, 12 Queen Anne’s Gardens)
16. Straightened gable at 1 Bedford Road.
17. Straightened central gable at 15 Priory Avenue
18. Gable of 15 Priory Avenue before straightening