Editing Blackheath, London (section)

===Vanbrugh Park===
The remains of the pits and adjoining neighbourhood Vanbrugh Park, a north-east projection of Blackheath with its own church, so also termed '''St John's Blackheath''',<ref>[https://www.achurchnearyou.com/search/?lat=51.474&lon=0.02 St John's Blackheath: Parish locator and church information by grid reference], ''A Church Near You'', [[Church of England]], retrieved 2019-08-11</ref> are named after Sir [[John Vanbrugh]], architect of [[Blenheim Palace]] and [[Castle Howard]], who had a house with very large grounds adjoining the heath and its continuation Greenwich Park. The house which was originally built around 1720 remains, remodelled slightly, [[Vanbrugh Castle]]. In his estate he had 'Mince Pie House' built for his family, which survived until 1911.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/lewisham/assets/galleries/blackheath/mince-pie-house |title=Mince Pie House, Vanbrugh Fields, Blackheath, c. 1910 &#124; Lewisham Galleries |publisher=Ideal Homes |date=29 September 2010 |access-date=15 June 2013}}</ref>

Its church, [[St John's Blackheath|St John the Evangelist's]], was designed in 1853 by [[Arthur Ashpitel]].<ref name="Homan30–31">{{cite book|last=Homan|first=Roger|title=The Victorian Churches of Kent|year=1984|publisher=Phillimore & Co. Ltd|location=Chichester|isbn=0-85033-466-7|pages=30–31}}</ref> The [[Blackheath High School]] buildings on Vanbrugh Park include the [[Church Army Chapel, Blackheath|Church Army Chapel]].