More Photographs of Charlton

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Charlton Assembly Rooms

This red brick building dating from 1881 in Charlton Village was disused for some years. A plan to demolish it a few years ago met with strong local opposition and it is now used by the community again. (Larger photo 34.3K)

Poplar Cottage

Just outside the entrance to the Blackheath Club's Rectory Field sports ground is this weatherboarded cottage, built around 1700. (Larger photo 35.5K)

Italo Svevo's House

In Charlton Church Lane is the house where the Italian author Italo Svevo lived for some time. He is commemorated by a blue plaque erected by English Heritage. The wording on the plaque says, 'Ettore Schmitz alias ITALO SVEVO 1861-1928 Writer lived here 1903-1913'. His life was as intriguing as his fiction. Convinced that his early novels were a failure, he became a businessman until the Irish writer James Joyce, who was tutoring him in English, encouraged him to return to writing. His best novel, 'The Confessions of Zeno', is considered a masterpiece of psychological insight and Jewish humour. Click the photo for a view of the house itself (43K).

Charlton Station

The photograph to the right shows a new entrance to the station built especially to cater for the visitors to the Millennium Dome travelling by rail (see How to Get to Greenwich). (Larger photo 49K)
The lower photograph shows a London-bound train arriving at Charlton station. (Larger photo 44.9K)

Our Lady of Grace Roman Catholic Church

Charlton's Catholic community is catered for by Our Lady of Grace church and primary school. They are situated in Charlton Road, opposite Poplar Cottage (above) and the Rectory Field. The church's foundation stone shows that it was built in 1905. (Larger photo 54.4K)