Description
Woodcote Grove House was the former home of the Campbell-Johnston family, and is set in landscaped grounds that include Chinese and formal gardens of c.1910. Woodcote Grove House is now a care home for the elderly providing for 30 people. A self-contained nursing wing for 20 people has now been added.
Practical Information
| Previously known as | Woodcote Grove House with Selkirk Nursing Wing |
|---|---|
| Site location | Woodcote Park, Meadow Hill, Coulsdon |
| Postcode | CR5 2XL |
| What3Words | ///smashes.guises.wire |
| Type of Site | Institutional Grounds |
| Borough | Sutton |
| Open to Public | By appointment only |
| Opening Times | private. Apply to site management to visit |
| Public Transport | Bus: 127, 463 |
| Research Updated | 1 November 2004 |
| Last Updated | 18 October 2026 |
Full description
Pending further research
Further Information
| Grid Reference | TQ287605 |
|---|---|
| Site Ownership | Friends of the Elderly and Gentle Folks Help |
| Site Management | Owners and Sutton Conservation Group. |
| Dates | C19th - C20th |
| Listed Structures | LBII: Woodcote Grove House |
| 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 | No |
| Tree Preservation Order | No |
| Nature Conservation Area | Yes (Wood) Borough Importance II |
| Green Belt | No |
| Metropolitan Open Land | No |
| Special Policy Area | No |
| Other LA Designation | Site of Wildlife Value, Sutton UDP schedule 4 p317 |
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Nearby parks and gardens
The 1st edition OS 1867 shows the site of Corrigan Avenue Recreation Ground as part of open land (field systems) to the south of the wooded area, Ruffet Wood and Big Wood. The park is a grassed area with well wooded boundaries of mature and semi-mature trees. Additional clumps of trees are in the grassed area.
Woodcote Village Green was laid out in 1903 as the focal point for the Upper Woodcote Model Village within the Webb Estate, a high-class residential development by estate agent and horticulturalist William Webb. The Green was provided with whipping post and stocks, a see-saw, pond with flock of geese opposite the smithy shaded by a chestnut tree. The Lord Robert, a Temperance Inn and General Stores opened in 1907. There was an estate blacksmith from 1904-1914 but the smithy, pond and geese are now gone although the stocks remain. A War memorial is located near the Lord Robert. The Green is overlooked by 9 mainly half-timbered houses, intended by Webb for occupation by workmen on the estate.
* on The National Heritage List for England, Parks & Gardens
The Promenade de Verdun was created as a memorial landscape in 1922 on the Webb Estate to commemorate French sacrifices on the Western Front in WWI. The only straight road on the private estate, it has a wide grass verge, and extends a third of a mile. The soil was brought over from France for the purpose and it is planted with a line of Lombardy Poplars. At the south-east end is a tall obelisk, dedicated to the French soldiers who died in Petain's stand against the Germans in 1916, and inscribed: 'Aux soldats de France morts glorieusement pendant la Grande Guerre'. Responsibility for the maintenance of the Promenade was vested in Croydon Council in 1925.
The Promenade de Verdun was created as a memorial landscape in 1922 on the Webb Estate to commemorate French sacrifices on the Western Front in WWI. The only straight road on the private estate, it has a wide grass verge, and extends a third of a mile. The soil was brought over from France for the purpose and it is planted with a line of Lombardy Poplars. At the south-east end is a tall obelisk, dedicated to the French soldiers who died in Petain's stand against the Germans in 1916, and inscribed: 'Aux soldats de France morts glorieusement pendant la Grande Guerre'. Responsibility for the maintenance of the Promenade was vested in Croydon Council in 1925.