page_title: London Borough of Bexley
section_title: Hall Place
hierarchical_section_title: London Borough of Bexley / Geography / Hall Place
caption_attribution_description: en:Hall Place near en:Bexley, en:London. This picture shows the contrast betwen the 16th-century stone half of Hall Place, and the 17th-century brick half. This replaces the previous picture, which was poor quality and didn't have any source/licensing details. I took this photo myself and am releasing it into the public domain. — P Ingerson (talk) 30 June 2005 21:58 (UTC) en:Category:Images of buildings and structures en:Category:Images of England
context_page_description: The London Borough of Bexley is a London borough in south-east London, forming part of Outer London. It has boundaries with the London Borough of Bromley to the south and the Royal Borough of Greenwich to the west; across the River Thames to the north it borders the London Borough of Havering and London Borough of Barking and Dagenham; there is a short boundary with the unitary authority of Thurrock in Essex to the northeast. There are boundaries with the Borough of Dartford to the east and Sevenoaks district to the southeast, both in the ceremonial county of Kent. The London Borough of Bexley is within the Thames Gateway, an area designated as a national priority for urban regeneration. The local authority is Bexley London Borough Council. The main settlements are Sidcup, Erith, Bexleyheath, Crayford, Welling and Old Bexley.
context_section_description: Hall Place is a former stately home, today a Grade I listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument, beside the River Cray on the outskirts of Crayford, south-east of Bexleyheath and north-east of Old Bexley. It is situated just off the A223, Bourne Road, south of Watling Street (A207) and north of the Black Prince interchange of the A2 Rochester Way with the A220.
  The house dates back to around 1540 when wealthy merchant Sir John Champneys, Lord Mayor of London in 1534, built himself a country house.  In 1649, the house was sold to another wealthy City merchant, Sir Robert Austen (1587–1666), who added a second wing built of red bricks, doubling the size of the house.
  Currently, the building houses a museum of local artefacts, and a history and tourist information centre. In the gardens there is a topiary lawn, herb garden, tropical garden and long herbaceous cottage garden-styled borders. The former walled gardens include a tropical house housing plants and a large vegetable garden. Model gardens have been created to show visitors how to make use of space in small urban gardens. Hall Place also has three galleries inside the house, presenting art exhibitions and museum displays.
caption: Hall Place, with 16th- (left) and 17th-century wings.
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