I had a day off today, and finally got around to doing a bit of local snooping that’s been on my to-do list for ages. My bus passes this side street off Lewisham Way every day, and I’ve always been curious about this little terrace of what look like backwards houses.

A bit of internet searching found this discussion, with the last word going to a current resident of the ‘Troll Houses’.

“I’m glad other people appreciate the Troll houses as we call them. I live in one of them and was trying to find more info. All i know is: built mid 30s, each unit has a ground floor 2 bed and a first floor 2 bed flat. they are pretty badly built, rough brick, rendered / pebble-dashed, internal layout is really nice with good sized rooms.”

On my way back, past some much larger, posher houses on Lewisham Way itself, I felt I just had to take a snap of this fella.

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