The Local History article ‘From Farmyard to Factory Floor’ traces the historical development of the QAS site at Clapham Common based on an unusually complete set of maps and general surveys of the locality, and the author references many images in the text.
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Fig1. George West House location
The Brayley Map c. 1725, City of London, London Metropolitan Archives
Fig2. The 1745 map by the surveyor Rocque
The 1745 map by the surveyor Rocque
Fig3 Seventeenth-century buildings,
sketch by Joseph Powell working in Clapham c. 1818-23.
Fig4 Seventeenth-century buildings,
sketch by Joseph Powell working in Clapham c. 1818-23.
Fig5 Other early buildings,
Seventeenth-century farmhouse and other early buildings. Early nineteenth-century sketch, possibly by a child from the Hawkes School
Fig6 Nineteenth-century building
at the east end of row
Fig7 The Powell drawing
shows the west gable end of the house with the other buildings of the group beyond
Fig8 The Batten map of 1827
Fig9 Tithe map of 1838
Fig10 Nelson Terrace Nos. 5-9 North Side
Fig11 OS map before extensions
Fig12 The Greenwood painting of 1850
Fig13 The OS survey of 1869-70
Fig14 By 1893, The OS Map of 1893
By 1893, the OS Map indicates that the Ross company had already built various outbuildings in the garden.
Fig15 Photograph by E.P. Proctor c. 1890,
showing the west side of No.3
Fig16 The Clapham Public Library
designed by E.B. I'Anson. View of the library c. 1890 showing part of No. 2
Fig17 Building at No. 4
(A) postcard of 1908 looking westwards showing Nos.2-4, (B) a few years earlier before the tree had been cut down.
Fig18 1930 aerial photographs
Fig19 Classical style building at No.4 c. 1975
Fig20 Nos.2-3 North Side - George West House
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