Location list
1) ‘The Chestnuts’ 19-21 Bishops Close E17 - Grade II
An Early 19th Century (or altered 18th Century) residence for a wealthy City Merchant. Originally set in extensive landscaped grounds and approached by a carriage drive.2) Squires Almshouses 1-6 Church End E17 - Grade II
Erected in 1795 by Mrs Mary Squires “for six decayed tradesmens widows”. Decayed in this context refers to a decline in wealth.
3) St. Mary’s Church Church End E17 - Grade II*
In existence by the 12th Century, St. Mary’s is the original parish Church of Walthamstow although much altered over the centuries.
4) Tomb of Edward Solly St. Mary’s Churchyard E17 - Grade II
An 18th Century chest tomb to a local Walthamstow worthy in portland stone, coadestone and bronze.
5) Table tomb in St. Mary’s Churchyard E17 (20yds NW of tower) - Grade II
An early 19th Century Gothic style table tomb.
6) Tomb of Thomas Wise St. Mary’s Churchyard E17 (adj. south wall of tower) - Grade II
An early 18th Century table tomb to Thomas Wise, a benefactor to the parish who died in 1710.
7) Table tomb in St. Mary’s Churchyard E17 (south wall of chancel) - Grade II
A mid 18th Century portland stone table tomb.
8) Wall to SE side of St. Mary’s Churchyard E17- Grade II
Red brick 18th Century wall probably the original boundary to ‘Walnuts’ house, now the site of 9-95 Church Lane.
9) Walthamstow High School for Girls Church Hill E17 - Grade II
An impressive Edwardian red brick school in neo-Georgian style built on what was originally the Vicars Glebe.
10) Walthamstow High School, gates, gatepiers and railings Church Hill E17- Grade II
Decorative neo-Georgian boundary treatment contemporary with the school building.
11) Monoux Almshouses Church Hill E17 - Grade II
Built in 1527 by George Monoux as Almshouses, school and feast hall. The western wing was rebuilt in 1956 following bomb damage in the last War.
12) Pillar box on north side of Church Lane E17 (opposite the Ancient House) - Grade II
An octagonal ‘penfold’ type pillar box circa 1869 which stood on the corner of Lea Bridge Road and Shrubland Road until 1965.
13) The Ancient House 2-8 Church Lane E17 - Grade II
A 15th Century timber framed ‘hall house’, probably on the site of the original Walthamstow Toni manor house. .
14) No 10 Church Lane E17 - Grade II
A detached late Georgian house built on land that was once part of the gardens of the Ancient House.
15) Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin Church Road E10 - Grade II*
The much altered and rebuilt parish Church of Leyton. The 17th Century tower is topped by a cupola salvaged from the Leyton Great House demolished in 1905.
16) Sir Fisher Tench Monument in St. Mary’s graveyard 40 yds SW of tower - Grade II
An 18th Century portland stone monument to Fisher Tench, who built and resided at Leyton Great House which stood opposite the former Essex cricket ground.
17) Monument to Benjamin Moyer in St. Mary’s graveyard (20 yds SW of Tower) - Grade II
Monument to Benjamin Moyer, a major local landowner in the early 18th Century.
18) Etloe House 180 Church Road E10 - Grade II
A substantial Georgian house with ‘Tudorised’ early 19th Century frontage. Once the home of Cardinal Wiseman, first Catholic Archbishop of Westminster. .
19) Forest School College Place E17 - Grade II
A charming terrace of Georgian houses with 19th Century additions, which became the Forest proprietory grammar school in 1834.
20) Forest School Chapel College Place E17 - Grade II An early English Gothic style Chapel by William White FSA, a family friend of Sir Gilbert Scott. Erected in 1857 and enlarged in 1875.
21) Forest School gatepiers and railings College Place E17 - Grade II
Early 19th Century cast iron work to the school frontage which survived the scrap metal drive of the last War.
22) Forest School (Junior School boarding house) College Place E17 - Grade II A detached Georgian house which became part of Forest School in the 19th Century.
23) Waterboard Stores Coppermill Lane E17 - Grade II
The original Coppermill from which the road gets its name. Built in 1806 to manufacture tokens which supplemented the scarce legal currency of the time.
24) Gwydr Lodge The Forest E17 - Grade II
A much altered Mid 18th Century house in an attractive forest side location.
25) Nos 1 and 2 Ivy Cottages The Forest E17 - Grade II
An attractive and largely original pair of late Georgian houses built immediately adjacent to Gwydr Lodge.
26) The Ferry Boat Inn Forest Road E17 - Grade II
A collection of three seventeenth and eighteenth Century buildings which formed the original ferry house in the days before there was a road bridge over the Lea.
27) The Water House Forest Road E17 - Grade II*
A substantial detached Georgian house, once the home of William Morris and now a Museum of his works. (Cover Illustration)
28) Waltham Forest Town Hall Forest Road E17 - Grade II
The centrepiece of the impressive 1930’s Civic Centre complex by P.D.Hepworth, completed during the early years of World War II.
29) Assembly Hall Forest Road E17 - Grade II
Subsidiary building to the Town Hall by Hepworth, used for public performances and recording sessions by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
30, 31 and 32) Gates, gatepiers, railings, flagpoles Civic Centre Forest Road E17 - Grade II
Contemporary boundary treatment to the Civic Centre complex.
33) ‘Brookscroft’ 590 Forest Road E17 - Grade II
One of the surviving 18th Century mansions of the wealthy built on the south side of Forest Road, originally with extensive views of the Lea Valley and the Forest.
34) Thorpe Combe Hospital (original house), Forest Road E17 - Grade II
Another 18th Century Mansion, originally with fine views, once owned by the Wigram family along with ‘Brookscroft’ and Walthamstow House.
35) Church of St. Peter and St. Paul The Green E4 - Grade II*
Built in 1844 by Robert Boothby Heathcote to replace Chingford Old Church which had become derelict. Designed by Lewis Vulliamy and extended by Sir Arthur Blomfield. .
36, 37) Gates and gatepiers to St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church The Green E4 - Grade II
Contemporary mid 19th Century boundary details.
38) The Bull and Crown public house The Green E4 - Grade II
A magnificent late Victorian public house in French Second Empire style, built to cater for the influx of forest visitors at that time.
39) Carbis Cottage The Green Walk E4 - Grade II
A rare survival of a timber framed weatherboarded cottage, possibly 17th Century, from the days when Chingford Green was a rural hamlet.
40) No 3 High Elms Woodford Green - Grade II
An early 19th Century stuccoed Georgian house situated across the Green from Harts House.
41) The United Free Church High Elms Woodford Green - Grade II*
A magnificent red brick and terracotta church by Charles Harrison Townsend, who also designed the Bishopsgate Institute, East London Art Gallery, and the Hornimans Museum.
42) No 500 High Road Leyton E10 - Grade II*
A substantial 16th Century timber framed building with jettied first floor and stuccoed exterior. Probably the oldest building in Leyton.
43) Leyton Public Library High Road E10 - Grade II
Designed in an Italianate style and opened in 1882 as Leyton Town Hall. Replaced in 1892 by the new Town Hall alongside and adapted to serve as a public Library.
44) Leyton Town Hall High Road E10 - Grade II
Erected in 1894/6 to replace the original public offices; now Leyton Library. Designed by John Johnson after a competition with over 30 entries.
45) No 669 High Road Leyton E10 - Grade II
A detached late Georgian house, originally the home of a wealthy merchant. Only the facade survives featuring original ‘Gothick Style’ windows.
46) Church of St. John the Baptist High Road E11 - Grade II
An early English Gothic style church by Edward Blore, built in 1833 to meet the needs of this part of Leyton parish. .
47) Gates, gatepiers and railings, St. John’s Church High Road E11 - Grade II
Contemporary 19th Century boundary treatment.
48) Leytonstone House High Road E11 - Grade II
A substantial 18th Century detached house, once the home of Sir Edward North Buxton. From 1868-1936 it was the Bethnal Green School for the juvenile poor.
49) Woodford County High School High Road Woodford Green - Grade II
A substantial detached house, now a school, built in 1768 by William Newton. Formerly known as Highams, the grounds (or park) were laid out by Humphrey Repton.
50) Nos 694a - 698a High Road Leytonstone E11 - Grade II
A late 18th Century Georgian terrace erected for wealthy city merchants and businessmen. Original extensive grounds now largely built over.
