James Gray: Photographs of four adjoining houses, 19 -22 taken on 8 April 1973. They have since been demolished to be replaced by yet another block of flats. They were built in the mid – 1880s. jgc_26_073
2018: The block of flats which replaced 19-22 Highcroft Villas was ready for occupation in 1977. It is called Highcroft Lodge and comprises 35 flats. See entry for jgc_26_074. (Photographer: Jane Southern)
James Gray: Photographs of four adjoining houses, 19 -22 taken on 8 April 1973. They have since been demolished to be replaced by yet another block of flats. They were built in the mid 1880s. jgc_26_074
2018: The block of flats which replaced 19-22 Highcroft Villas was ready for occupation in 1977. It is called Highcroft Lodge and comprises 35 flats. See entry for jgc_26_ 73. (Photographer: Jane Southern)
James Gray: These two large houses, Nos. 7 and 8, were built about 1883/5. This road took its name from Highcroft, a house standing in extensive grounds in Dyke Road. Photographed 27 October 1963, the houses have since been removed and a block of flats is now being built here. jgc_26_077
2018: The block of 16 flats is called Park View and was completed in 1968. Number 6 now has a garage on what used to be its drive. (Photographer: Jane Southern)
James Gray: The original text applied to this image was incorrect. This image is of 47 Highcroft Villas at the corner with Reigate Road. jgc_26_086
2018: Since it was photographed in the 1960s a two storey extension has been added to 47 Highcroft Villas, on the corner of Reigate Road. It is currently the premises of a printing company. (Photographer: Jane Southern)
James Gray: This substantial house stood at the corner of Dyke Road and Highcroft Villas for about a century. Built about 1890, it was different in character from all other houses in this road above Old Shoreham Road. It is seen in the distance in the small 1890s photographs further on. It was demolished in the early 1990s and the site is now empty (1993). It is interesting to see the old tram shelter still there but this was removed many years ago. The dates of these photographs are uncertain and the figures on the backs suggest at different times. Probably taken since 1960. jgc_26_085
James Gray: [See caption for jgc_26_085 above.] jgc_26_087
2018: In 1999 a terrace of six houses was built on the site of Hillcrest, which stood on the corner of Dyke Road and Highcroft Villas. This view from Dyke Road shows the backs of the houses, almost hidden behind fence, hedge and trees. The entrance is via the gated Highcroft Mews off Highcroft Villas. (Photographer: Jane Southern)