Editing Mitcham (section)

== Notable buildings ==

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Eagle House, Mitcham - 2654478 ef0496f3.jpg|Eagle House, Mitcham
Formerly Mitcham Railway Station - geograph.org.uk - 1220242.jpg|Old Mitcham Station
Mitcham Public Library, London Road. - geograph.org.uk - 22087.jpg|Mitcham Library, London Rd
Elm Lodge, Cricket Green (geograph 4990472).jpg|Elm Lodge, Cricket Green
Mitcham Methodist Church - 2014, I.jpg|Mitcham Methodist Church
St Barnabas church, Gorringe Park Avenue - geograph.org.uk - 217133.jpg|St Barnabas Church
D61 0328 527 The White House Mitcham Cricket Green.jpg|The White House, Mitcham
Burn Bullock Public House - geograph.org.uk - 1220234.jpg|[[Burn Bullock (public house)|The Burn Bullock]]
The White Hart Mitcham (15310632588).jpg|The White Hart Public House
Vestry Hall (geograph 3607927).jpg|[[Mitcham Vestry Hall]]
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*The [https://www.thecanonsmitcham.co.uk/ Canons]. House originally built in 1680; it was the home of the family Cranmer until it was sold to the local council in 1939. The name originates from an Augustinian priory that was given this site in the 12th Century. The pond next to which it is located and the dovecote (dated at 1511) both predate the house.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Canons, Mitcham: Dovecote – Merton Memories Photographic Archive|url = http://photoarchive.merton.gov.uk/collections/buildings/49463|website = photoarchive.merton.gov.uk|access-date = 2016-01-26}}</ref>
*[[Eagle House (London)|Eagle House]], built in 1705. Eagle House is a Queen Anne house built in the Dutch style on land formerly owned by Sir Walter Raleigh. It is on London Road, Mitcham, the grounds forming a triangle bounded by London Road, Bond Road and Western Road. The building was commissioned by the [[wikt:Marrano|marrano]] doctor Fernando Mendes (1647–1724), former physician to King Charles II.
*Mitcham Common Windmill, a post mill dating from 1806.
*Old Mitcham Station, on the [[Surrey Iron Railway]] route. Now called Station Court, the building was a former merchant's home and is possibly the oldest station in the world.
*The Tate [[Almshouse]]s, built in 1829 to provide for the poor by Mary Tate.
*The Watermead Fishing Cottages.
*[[Mitcham Vestry Hall]], the annex of which now houses the Wandle Industrial Museum.
*[[Mitcham Library|Mitcham Public Library]], built in 1933.
*Elm Lodge, 1808. This listed [[Regency architecture|Regency]] house was occupied by Dr. Parrott, a village doctor, in the early 19th century, and for a short time by the artist, [[Sir William Nicholson]]. The curved canopy over the entrance door is a typical feature of this period.{{Citation needed|date=July 2015}}
*Mitcham Court. The centre portion, first known as Elm Court, was built in 1840, the wings later. [[Julius Caesar Czarnikow|Caesar Czarnikow]], a sugar merchant, lived here ca. 1865–86 and presented the village with a new horse-drawn fire engine. Sir [[Harry Mallaby-Deeley]], M.P., conveyed the house to the borough in the mid-1930s. The [[Ionic order|Ionic]] columned porch and the ironwork on the ground floor windows are notable features.
* Renshaw's factory, a [[marzipan]] factory, founded in 1898 in the [[City of London|City]] and thus one of the earliest in the country, which came to Mitcham in 1924.{{Citation needed|date=July 2015}} It was on Locks Lane until 1991, when the company moved its operations to [[Liverpool]]. The factory was featured in three 1950s British [[Pathé News]] shorts. The building has lent its name to the area where it stood, Renshaw Corner.
*Poulters Park, Home to Mitcham Rugby Union Football Club
*[[Imperial Fields]], [[Tooting & Mitcham United F.C.]]'s home ground.
*Mitcham Methodist Church was designed by the architect Edward Mills (1915–1998), and built in 1958–9. Regarded as the best surviving work by the most successful Nonconformist architect of the period. A radical and inspiring building that was forwarded by the 20th Century Society for listing as it was under threat. Grade II listed on 5 March 2010.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/rogersg/4502276383/in/set-72157623714132523 | title=Mitcham Methodist Church, exterior (E. Mills) | website=[[Flickr]]| date=8 April 2010 }}</ref>
*St Barnabas church, Gorringe Park Avenue, Mitcham. Built in the gothic style, on 17 May 1913 the foundation stone of the church building was laid, and on 14 November 1914 the church was consecrated – by the bishop of Southwark. The architect was HP Burke-Downing. The building is still in use as an Anglican church. Both the church itself and the adjacent parish hall are Grade II listed.
*The White House, Mitcham on which the wall plaque says: "This 18th Century house was renovated in the Regency style in 1826 by Dr. A.C. Bartley, a village doctor, whose daughter wrote reminiscences of old Mitcham. The house remained in his family until 1919. Fluted Greek Doric columns support a slightly altered porch with a bowed front." It is Grade II listed.<ref>[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1286290 Historic England]</ref>
*[[Burn Bullock (public house)|The Burn Bullock]], a public house, London Road, Mitcham is a three-storey Grade II listed building originally called the King's Head Hotel. The front of the building dates from the 18th century whilst its wing dates from the 16th and 17th centuries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-205091-burn-bullock-public-house-greater-london|title=British Listed Buildings: Burn Bullock Public House, Merton|work=britishlistedbuildings.co.uk}}</ref> It is named after [[Burnett Bullock]], a well known, former cricket player from the locality.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukpubfinder.com/pub/28751|title=Burn Bullock, Mitcham, Surrey|work=ukpubfinder.com}}</ref><ref name="MCC" />
*The White Hart public house is Mitcham's earliest recorded inn, rebuilt in 1749–50 after serious fire damage. The central porch, with frieze and balustrade, is supported by four Tuscan columns. Stagecoaches used to start from a yard at the rear. It is Grade II listed. It is located in London Road, opposite Cricket Green.<ref>[https://mitchamhistorynotes.com/pubs/white-hart/ Mitcham History Notes]</ref>