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Andy Grant
Published:
9:00 AM April 24, 2021
A picture of Cranham Holme from Treasures of Havering by John Drury (1998).
- Credit: With permission of John Drury
Historian Andy Grant takes a look at the succession of owners of Cranham Holme - later Cranham Court - such as an orchard lover, a disreputable doctor and a philanthropist.
In St Mary’s Lane, where London’s urban sprawl gives way to rolling countryside, there is a long driveway signposted “Cranham Court Nursing Home”, although few have noticed the magnificent house hidden behind its screen of trees.
Originally named Cranham Holme, the house was built 1902-03 for Charles Crofton-Black.