96 BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM. 
CHAPTER III. 
FROM THE CLocK TOWER TO THE VICARAGE. 
E have now returned to Lee Bridge, and will 
continue our survey of Lewisham High Street. 
The Clock Tower, which stands at the parting 
ot the ways, was erected as a memorial of the 
Jubilee of Queen Victoria, 1897. The cost was 
met partly by subscription and partly from a fund 
left by Mr. Michael Whitehall, an old inhabitant. It is in a species 
of English Renaissance, but the expense caused the omission of a 
series of panels bearing coats of arms, and this detracts much from 
its appearance. 
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PLATE 38.—Mr. ALLEN’s House, HIGH STREET, LEWISHAM (NOW NO-« 108). 
Next to the old ‘‘ Lion and Lamb” came the stables of the 
house which still exists as two shops (Nos. 102 and 104), and can 
be readily distinguished from its red brick neighbours. It was a 
comfortable residence of the latter part of George III’s time, with 
high iron railings in front and a row of white flags leading up to 
the entrance door. Here lived for many years Mr. Steele, a 
Quaker, and subsequently a Mr. Cresswell. Opposite this house, 
in what is now the roadway, were two fine elm trees, which, like 
