Description
Honeywood Lodge is in the centre of Carshalton village overlooking Carshalton Ponds. Built around the core of a C17th house, and added to in later years, it was purchased by Carshalton UDC in 1939 and is now the borough Heritage Centre. There are public gardens to the south west of the building.
Practical Information
| Site location | Honeywood Walk, Carshalton |
|---|---|
| Postcode | SM5 3NX |
| What3Words | ///dozed.afford.tools |
| Type of Site | Public Gardens |
| Borough | Sutton |
| Open to Public | Yes |
| Opening Times | 10.30am - 4.45pm Tuesday - Sunday. House 11-5 Wed-Fri, 10-4 weekend/BH |
| Special Conditions | Admission charge 2007: £1.30 adults, 65p children |
| Facilities | Tearoom (Sundays), toilet incl disabled |
| Events | Carshalton Heritage Centre has occasional local history displays |
| Public Transport | Rail: Carshalton. Bus 127, 157, 407, 726. |
| Research Updated | 1 March 2007 |
| Last Updated | 18 October 2026 |
Full description
Honeywood Lodge was built around the core of an earlier C17th house with later additions including major extensions of 1896 and 1903 when it was owned by John Pattinson Kirk, a London merchant. It overlooks the west side of Carshalton Ponds (q.v.). The earliest surviving part is a small chalk and flint chequer-work building incorporated into the centre of the present house. An early C17th map of Carshalton shows the house site crossed by streams flowing from a line of springs along the edge of Pound Street, just within the present garden, so it is possible that the original building was initially a cold bath or a mill. In 1939 Carshalton UDC purchased Honeywood and the house was used for various social and community activities. In 1989/90 it was converted into the borough's Heritage Centre and now houses local history displays. It is on the opposite side of the road facing The Grove Park (q.v.) in the centre of Carshalton. Carshalton Ponds are fed by the springs of Margaret's Pool (q.v.), and then flows, culverted, under the house into the upper pond.
Further Information
| Grid Reference | TQ278644 |
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| Site Ownership | LB Sutton |
| Site Management | LB Sutton Heritage; Friends of Honeywood |
| Dates | C18, 1866, C20 |
| Listed Structures | LBII: Honeywood Lodge |
| On National Heritage List for England (NHLE), Parks & Gardens | No |
| Registered common or village green on Commons Registration Act 1965 | No |
| Protected under London Squares Preservation Act 1931 | No |
| Local Authority | Sutton |
| In Conservation Area | Yes |
| Conservation Area Name | Carshalton Village |
| Tree Preservation Order | No |
| Nature Conservation Area | No |
| Green Belt | No |
| Metropolitan Open Land | No |
| Special Policy Area | No |
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Nearby parks and gardens
The pool here had long existed as Waterhouse Pond, but in 1872 the surrounding area was landscaped as a small garden and the pond cleaned and provided with sluices, by John Ruskin, as a tribute to his mother Margaret. It became the responsibility of Carshalton UDC in 1899.
Festival Walk is an area of land alongside the water channel abutting Nos. 9, 13, 70, 36 Festival Walk, dating from the C18th. It is a very scenic part of Carshalton with a famous plane tree marked with a plaque. The 1st edition OS map of 1867 shows the site as at present..
The Garden of Remembrance was formally laid out in c.1951 on two levels with flower beds, seats and flag pole with Carshalton War Memorial to the north, projecting into upper pond and a memorial stone to the rear of the garden. The 1st edition OS map of 1867 shows orchards laid out to the east of The Lodge of which this parcel of land formed a part.