Images

Photo Gallery

Over 150 years of Kemnal Road in photographs, paintings, maps, and aerial views.

Architecture

The Great Houses

By 1884, thirteen grand houses lined Kemnal Road. Only four of the originals survive today. These images preserve the others as they once were.

Watercolour of Foxbury mansion by its architect David Brandon, c.1875

Foxbury, watercolour by its architect David Brandon

Hoblands (formerly Woodheath), rebuilt in Georgian style in 1926

Hoblands (formerly Woodheath), rebuilt 1926

Foxbury mansion seen from Foxberry Hill, 1886

Foxbury from Foxberry Hill, 1886

Foxbury Courtyard, 1886

Woodheath house on Kemnal Road, c.1900s postcard

Woodheath, c.1900s

Kemnal Manor from the south, 1915, later destroyed by fire in 1964

Kemnal Manor, 1915 (destroyed by fire, 1964)

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Street Views

Postcards and Early Photographs

Postcards and photographs from the early 1900s, when Kemnal Road's grand estates were still intact and the road retained its rural character.

The start of Kemnal Road where it leaves Chislehurst Common

The start of Kemnal Road from Chislehurst Common

Kemnal Lodge and Sidcup Road

From Royal Parade, early 1900s

The Kemnal Road postbox

South Lodge

Worsley Grange

Mulbarton

Piermont

Marlowe Close

Kemnal and Ashfield

"No Thoroughfare"

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From Above

Aerial Views and Maps

Aerial photographs and estate maps spanning from 1790 to 1950, showing the road's transformation from farmland into one of Chislehurst's most distinctive residential streets.

Hand-drawn map of the Kemnal Estate, 1790

Hand-drawn plan of the Kemnal Estate, 1790

Aerial photograph of Foxbury taken from Edward Tiarks' private plane

Foxbury, from Edward Tiarks' plane

Aerial view of Foxbury estate showing the main house, farm buildings, and lodges, 1920s

Foxbury Estate from the air, 1920s

Annotated aerial photograph of Kemnal Road, 1950, showing all the major houses

Kemnal Road from the air, 1950

Your Photographs

Share Your View of Kemnal Road

We are building a living archive of Kemnal Road, and we need your help.

Whether it is a photograph of the road in autumn light, a view through the trees that you see every morning, or a picture found in a family album, we would love to include it here. The best submissions will be featured in this gallery.

Submit Your Photographs

Please email your images to secretary@kemnalresidents.org with a brief description and, if known, the date taken.