New pictures show how Croydon asylum and iconic water tower will be transformed into £2m flats

Cane Park Hill is as soon as of essentially the most iconic areas in Croydon and was as soon as well-known for its historic psychological asylum.

However, it will quickly tackle a brand new declare to fame as soon as redevelopments are full.

The 200-acre website is within the technique of being transformed into a enticing set of luxurious properties. Its as soon as iconic water tower is ready to look rather a lot completely different then locals would bear in mind it.

The water tower will kind a one-off luxurious residence price over £2million, whereas the Administration Building Collection will present 14 one, two and three bed room residences.

The four-bedroom water tower will be set throughout seven spacious flooring completed to a really excessive specification. The first ground will boast a video games room, with bedrooms on the second to fifth flooring, whereas the sixth ground will present a dressing space.

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A spacious front room and kitchenette on the highest ground will present open plan dwelling area, main as much as a roof terrace which will sit on the high of the tower, offering unbelievable views throughout the wooded hillside to the majestic Farthing Downs.

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The Water Tower will be launched at £2,250,000 with the distinctive capability for purchaser customisation.

However, even with the luxurious make-over that the water tower is ready to bear, it will nonetheless battle to step out of the shadow of its iconic previous.

Cane Park Hill website was as soon as the positioning of a psychiatric hospital, which opened its doorways to notable residents; together with members of the family of Charlie Chaplin, Michael Cane and David Bowie.

The historic buildings comprise a chapel, the water tower and one wing of the hospital’s former administration constructing. In truth, giant components of the 1882 hospital have been featured on David Bowie’s album cowl for The Man Who Sold the World.

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The growth is only a ten-minute stroll from Coulsdon city centre with its extensive number of retailers, eating places and amenities.

The location will make it ultimate for these working in central London as Coulsdon South prepare station supplies frequent companies to London Bridge in 21 minutes.

Additionally, trains from the station to London Victoria are a commute time of roughly 28 minutes and solely 6 minutes from Croydon Town Centre.

The M25 motorway is simply 10 minutes away by automotive.

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Cane Hill Hospital was opened in 1883, set on a hilltop overlooking Coulsdon, and by 1888 cared for greater than 2,000 sufferers.

Sadly. many of the unique buildings have been demolished in 2008. Although, the historic water tower, chapel and administrative constructing remained and nonetheless contained belongings of people who lived there, piles of browning papers and inventive drawings.

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Around 40 firefighters tackled the blaze and remained on website for greater than 24 hours, watching in horror because the clocktower crashed to the bottom, with historians calling it a ‘tragedy’.

Thankfully, happier occasions look to be on the horizon for the positioning and its incoming residents.

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