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Inglewood garden front<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Inglewood was built by William Buxton on land of about 2.25 acres acquired from Earl Sydney\u2019s Estate and completed in 1882. The sale contract required that the outlay on the building of the house be not less than \u00a33,000 . This appears to have been a common stipulation on land acquired from Earl Sydney\u2019s Estate, and applied also, for example, to South Laund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The print of the house reproduced below had the following commentary: \u2018This residence, which is now approaching completion, has been erected from the designs of Mr. W. J. Buxton, ARIBA, of Great James Street, Bedford Row. It occupies a site of about two acres in extent, fronting Kemnal Road, Chislehurst. The house is simply, but substantially built, effect having been sought rather from a picturesque treatment than any lavish display of ornament. Red brick has been used for the exterior, diversified by the introduction of half-timbered work in the gables and bay windows. The interior has been treated in a more costly manner, the staircases and mantel-pieces, &c., being for the most part of oak and American walnut, from special designs by the architect. Parquetry floors have been introduced in all the principal rooms, and the ceilings are panelled in wood. Mosaic has been used for the floor of the porch, and hand-painted stained glass in the windows. The grounds, which are well wooded, have been laid out in a style suited to the building\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A rather poor print of the house in the Architect Magazine, 1881<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Nettleton Balme, a wool broker and agent, was the first occupier, in 1883. He was born in Islington in 1856. His wife Eliza had been born in France in 1859, but was a British subject. They appear to have had at least six sons and one daughter, though not all appear in the census returns. Their sons were: Nettleton, born in 1881, John, born in the following year in Surrey, followed by Edward, Archibald, Francis and George, all born in Chislehurst, in 1886, 1887, 1889 and 1893 respectively. The only daughter we are aware of was Annie, born in 1895.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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