Editing Blackheath, London (section)

===Blackheath Park===
[[File:Lewisham Met. B Ward Map 1916.svg|thumb|A map showing the Blackheath ward of Lewisham Metropolitan Borough as it appeared in 1916.]]
Blackheath Park occupies almost all of former {{convert|0.4|mi2|adj=on}} [[Sir Gregory Page, 2nd Baronet|Wricklemarsh House]].<ref>In 1669, [[Sir John Morden, 1st Baronet]] purchased it for £4,200; the mansion and {{convert|283|acre|km2}} were sold in 1783 by [[Sir Gregory Page-Turner, 3rd Baronet]] for £22,000 to John Cator.</ref> Developed into [[upper middle class]] homes by [[John Cator]], it forms the south-east of Blackheath: from Lee Road, Roque Lane, Fulthorp Road and the Plantation to all houses and gardens of right-angled Manor Way. Built up in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, it contains large and refined [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] and [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] houses – particularly [[Michael Searles]]' crescent of semi-detached/terrace houses linked by colonnades, The Paragon ({{circa|1793-1807}}).<ref>Howard Colvin, ''Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840'', 3rd ed. 1995, ''s.v.'' "Searles, Michael".</ref> Its alternate name, the Cator Estate, extends to lands earlier those of Sir [[John Morden]], whose [[Morden College]] (1695) is a landmark in the north, with views of the heath. The estate has 1950s and '60s [[Span Developments|Span]] houses and flats with gardens with discreet parking.

Its Anglican church ([[St Michael and All Angels, Blackheath|St Michael & All Angels]]) is dubbed the ''Needle of Kent'' in honour of its tall, thin spire (it is also nicknamed the ''Devil's Pick'' or the ''Devil's Toothpick''). Nearby, within the Blackheath Park conservation area, is [[Our Lady of Christians Church, Blackheath|Our Lady of Christians Church]], a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] church built from 1890 to 1891 and designed by Alfred Edward Purdie in the [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival style]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alfred Edward Purdie |url=https://victorianweb.org/art/architecture/purdie/index.html |access-date=2024-11-06 |website=victorianweb.org}}</ref> It has a complete set of stained glass windows by [[Hardman & Co.]] and it is a [[Grade II listed]] building.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blackheath - Our Lady Help of Christians |url=https://taking-stock.org.uk/building/blackheath-our-lady-help-of-christians/ |access-date=2024-11-06 |website=Taking Stock |language=en-GB}}</ref>